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SICKENINGLY
disgustingly, distastefully, revoltingly, sickeningly
(adverb) in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree; “the beggar was disgustingly filthy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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