SICKENINGLY

disgustingly, distastefully, revoltingly, sickeningly

(adverb) in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree; “the beggar was disgustingly filthy”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

sickeningly (comparative more sickeningly, superlative most sickeningly)

(sometimes, figurative) In a manner to sicken.

The punch was sickeningly sweet; if it had had any more sugar I would have wanted to rinse my mouth with vinegar.

Source: Wiktionary

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SICKENING

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

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