“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
SICKENING
nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
sickening
present participle of sicken
Adjective
sickening (comparative more sickening, superlative most sickening)
Causing sickness or disgust.
(LGBT slang) Amazing, fantastic.
Noun
sickening (plural sickenings)
The act of making somebody sick.
Source: Wiktionary
Sick"en*ing, a.
Definition: Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating.
– Sick"en*ing*ly, adv.
SICKEN
Sick"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sickened; p. pr. & vb. n. Sickening.]
1. To make sick; to disease. Raise this strength, and sicken that to death. Prior.
2. To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach.
3. To impair; to weaken. [Obs.] Shak.
Sick"en, v. i.
1. To become sick; to fall into disease. The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died. Bacon.
2. To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated. Mine eyes did sicken at the sight. Shak.
3. To become disgusting or tedious. The toiling pleasure sickens into pain. Goldsmith.
4. To become weak; to decay; to languish. All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
16 June 2025
WINEBERRY
(noun) raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits
Coffee Trivia
