sickening

sickening
sick|en|ing [ˈsıkənıŋ, ˈsıknıŋ] adj
1.) very shocking, annoying, or upsetting
Police described it as a sickening racial attack.
their sickening hypocrisy
it is sickening that
It is sickening that human beings have done this to two innocent young women.
2.) sickening thud/crash/sound etc
an unpleasant sound that makes you think someone has been injured or something has been broken
His head hit the floor with a sickening thud.
There was a sickening sound of tearing metal.
3.) very unpleasant and making you feel as if you want to ↑vomit
The sickening stench of rotting rubbish rose into the air.
4.) BrE spoken making you feel jealous
'Helen's just bought herself a huge house in the south of France.' 'God, how sickening!'
>sickeningly adv

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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