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sickening

/ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. The act of making somebody sick.

Plural sickenings

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Every little while a horrible sickening feeling would come over me and I’d be so afraid it was all a dream.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 28 · C1
For a moment Anne felt one sickening pang of defeat and disappointment.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 304 · C1
You remember the kind of numb cold which used to come at evening, a deadly, sickening sort of cold, very different from a crisp healthy frost.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 22 · B2
“There go two miscreants;” said he, “it is a pity they are not really related!” Then, after an instant of gloomy reflection, “Come, I will go to see the Morrels,” said he; “I think that disgust is even more sickening than hatred.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 605 · C1

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