SICKENING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SICKENING?

Need another word that means the same as “sickening”? Find 27 synonyms and 30 related words for “sickening” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Sickening” are: loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, queasy, vile, repulsive, revolting, disgusting, repellent, repugnant, appalling, abominable, hideous, horrible, awful, dreadful, terrible, obnoxious, nasty, foul, objectionable, off-putting, distasteful, disagreeable, uninviting

Sickening as an Adjective

Definitions of "Sickening" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sickening” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Causing or able to cause nausea.
• Causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust.
• Causing great annoyance or disappointment.

Synonyms of "Sickening" as an adjective (27 Words)

abominable	Unequivocally detestable- Edmund Burke. What an abominable mess.
appalling	Very bad; awful. The cat suffered appalling injuries during the attack.
awful	(of a person) very unwell or troubled. I ve made an awful fool of myself.
disagreeable	Unfriendly and bad-tempered. Aspects of his work are disagreeable to him.
disgusting	Arousing revulsion or strong indignation. He had the most disgusting rotten teeth.
distasteful	Causing dislike or aversion; disagreeable or unpleasant. He found such cynicism distasteful.
dreadful	Extremely disagreeable. Don t go out the weather is dreadful.
foul	Of a baseball not hit between the foul lines. Foul oaths.
hideous	Extremely unpleasant. The whole hideous story.
horrible	Provoking horror- Winston Churchill. War is beyond all words horrible.
loathsome	Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. A loathsome disease.
nasty	(of the weather) unpleasantly cold or wet. A nasty problem.
nauseating	Causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting. The stench was nauseating.
nauseous	Causing or able to cause nausea. The smell was nauseous.
noisome	Offensively malodorous. A noisome concoction of which cheap port is the basis.
objectionable	Liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to. A vulgar and objectionable person.
obnoxious	Extremely unpleasant. He found her son somewhat obnoxious.
off-putting	Tending to repel- Elizabeth Hess.
offensive	Morally offensive. Offensive odors.
queasy	Nauseous; feeling sick. The queasy swell of the boat.
repellent	Serving or tending to repel. A water repellent fabric.
repugnant	Extremely distasteful; unacceptable. Cannibalism seems repugnant to us.
repulsive	Relating to repulsion between physical objects. A repulsive smell.
revolting	Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. Revolting food.
terrible	Causing fear or dread or terror. A terrible crime.
uninviting	Neither attractive nor tempting. The house was dark and uninviting.
vile	Morally reprehensible. He has a vile temper.

Usage Examples of "Sickening" as an adjective

• A sickening stench.
• She hit the ground with a sickening thud.
• It is sickening to think we had done enough to win and then had to leave with nothing.
• A sickening stench of blood.

Associations of "Sickening" (30 Words)

detestable	Unequivocally detestable. I found the film s violence detestable.
disgusting	Arousing revulsion or strong indignation. He had the most disgusting rotten teeth.
displeasing	Causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities. It was not entirely displeasing to be the centre of such a drama.
fetid	Smelling extremely unpleasant. The fetid water of the marsh.
foul	Make foul or dirty pollute. Will have to work towards solutions to prevent trucks from fouling railroad tracks.
hate	Have a strong aversion to (something. I hate to bother you.
hateful	Evoking or deserving hatred- Joseph Priestly. That hateful arrogant woman.
horrifying	Causing horror; extremely shocking. An alarming even horrifying picture.
loathsome	Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. This loathsome little swine.
nausea	The state that precedes vomiting. The stories will launch a wave of public nausea and outrage.
nauseating	Causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting. The stench was nauseating.
nauseous	Affected with nausea; feeling inclined to vomit. Nauseous offal.
noisome	Having an extremely offensive smell. Noisome vapours from the smouldering waste.
noxious	Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant. Noxious ideas.
offensive	Morally offensive. Offensive odors.
queasy	Inducing a feeling of nausea. The queasy swell of the boat.
repellent	Incapable of absorbing or mixing with. Water repellent nylon.
repelling	Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
repugnant	In conflict or incompatible with. A by law must not be repugnant to the general law of the country.
repulsive	Offensive to the mind. A repulsive force.
revulsion	A sense of disgust and loathing. News of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion.
stinking	Very bad. A stinking cold.
unhealthy	Not conducive to good health. An unhealthy diet of fast foods.
unsightly	Unpleasant to look at. Unsightly billboards.
unwholesome	Detrimental to physical or moral well-being. The use of the living room as sleeping quarters led to unwholesome crowding.
vile	Morally reprehensible. Vile smells.
wicked	Morally bad in principle or practice. A wicked and unscrupulous politician.
worse	Changed for the worse in health or fitness. The small department was already stretched to the limit but worse was to follow.