sickeningn.

/ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/

Etymology: < sicken v. + -ing suffix¹.

The fact of becoming sick or ill; an instance of this. Also, in dialect use, confinement, child-bed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakening or decline in health

failinga1382

sickeninga1382

wasting1398

downhielda1400

dissolutionc1400

debilitationa1492

defailing1502

effeeblishing1540

faintingc1540

effeeblishment1545

enervationa1575

feeblishing1574

declining1588

decay1609

flagging1611

labefaction1620

feebling1624

sinking1625

deading1645

dejection1652

fail1654

emperiment1674

decline1770

sapping1825

breakdown1858

attenuation1868

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > mercury reactions or processes > sickening of mercury

sickening1882

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xvi. 4 With dethes of siknyngus thei shul die.

1816 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1851) II. 53 To sustain you under all the sickenings, and faintings, and languishings of your earthly disease.

1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 305 Not a case nor a sickening has been heard of.

1882 Electro-Amalg. Co. Prospectus 5 [It] prevents it from what is technically termed ‘sickening’ in the presence of arsenic, sulphur, oil, or any other substances..deleterious to the action of mercury in amalgamating with gold or silver.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

sickeningadj.

/ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/

Forms: 1700s sick'ning, 1700s– sickening.

Etymology: formed as sicken v. + -ing suffix².

1. Falling or turning sick.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > falling ill

sickening1725

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 600 The..gentle pow'r..With nectar'd drops the sick'ning sense restor'd.

1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 272 The malignant influence gained upon her sickening orb.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 107 Patient the sickening victim eyed The life-blood ebb in crimson tide.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iii. xxvi. 70 A whirlwind keen as frost Then in its sinking gulphs my sickening spirit tost.

figurative.1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) iii. 78 The sick'ning Stars fade off the a'thereal plain.a1771 T. Gray Ess. I in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 198 71 Must sick'ning virtue fly the tainted ground?1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. Pref. p. v He thus ranges without an instructor, confused and with sickening curiosity from subject to subject.

2. That causes sickness, nausea, or faintness; that disgusts or revolts; repulsive, loathsome. Also in weakened sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective]

loatha700

eileOE

andsetec1000

wlatfulc1230

aloathedc1275

wlatsomea1300

unhonest13..

wlata1325

hideousc1330

abominable1340

hatefula1382

hatesomea1382

abominablec1384

odiousa1387

fulsomec1390

accursedc1400

hatousc1400

rankc1400

hateablec1425

odiblec1425

ugsomec1425

wretchedc1430

loathsomec1440

loathfula1450

noisomea1450

abhominal1477

detestable1477

loathy1481

loathing?a1513

oppugnanta1513

irksome1513

hateworthy1548

abhorful1565

ugged1570

detestine1575

ulcerous1577

opposite1578

scandalous1592

offensive1594

obscene1597

ulcered1602

dirtya1616

abhorrent1628

toady1628

envious1630

repugnant1633

nauseating1645

nauseous1646

obnoxious1646

detestful1654

reluctant1663

horrid1666

abnoxious1682

devilish1692

invidious1710

repellent1776

repellant1780

sickening1789

toadish1822

carrion1826

ugging1839

cussed1853

repugnant1879

jerky1944

vomitous1952

barfy1957

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to mercury processes or reactions > of sickening of mercury

sickening1789

1789 F. Burney Diary 9 Jan. (1842) IV. 371 As they all consisted in almost unheard-of indignities..I will not give the sickening relation.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 123 Nocturnal sweats,..induced by the sickening influence of digitalis.

1836 J. Halley in Mem. (1842) 58 Have had a most sickening job in shortening an article of my own for the Presbyterian Review.

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem.: Org. (1862) xi. §1. 747 They gradually putrify and emit a sickening odour.

1886 Athenæum 30 Oct. 564/3 Nothing more sickening than the Indian wars of the United States is to be found in history.

1922 A. S. M. Hutchinson This Freedom iv. iv. 293 Oh, those sickening scarves and things, they were eternally knitting, that wasn't war work. It was fun at first. They were fed to death with doing them now.

1924 M. Arlen Green Hat ii. 67 In ten years' time..Hilary will be the only Liberal left in Parliament, looking happier and younger and more sickening than ever.

1925 D. G. Mackail Greenery Street viii. 179 But, Ian, Daphne's thing is a subscription dance... Please don't be so sickening.

1937 W. H. S. Smith Let. 8 Feb. in Young Man's Country (1977) ii. 56 Isn't it too sickening that I shall get to Singapore just after Margaret's and Ronald's departure.

in extended use.1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 101 All base substances..cannot be taken up by the mercury, neither do they have any ‘sickening’ effect upon the mercury.

Derivatives

ˈsickeningly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adverb]

loathlya1000

loathsomelya1400

hatefullyc1425

heinouslyc1440

abominably1447

ugsomelyc1450

odiouslya1500

detestably1531

abominationly1592

obscenely1598

repellingly1811

repellently1812

nauseatingly1815

obnoxiously1828

sickeningly1839

rebarbatively1934

1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 2) I. viii. 180 The duchess was sickeningly civil.

1864 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. The outside is generally burnt up, and the inside sickeningly raw.

1886 Sat. Rev. 7 Aug. 183 A series of sickeningly inhuman outrages were committed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sickening
释义	sickeningn. /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/ Etymology: < sicken v. + -ing suffix¹. The fact of becoming sick or ill; an instance of this. Also, in dialect use, confinement, child-bed. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakening or decline in health failinga1382 sickeninga1382 wasting1398 downhielda1400 dissolutionc1400 debilitationa1492 defailing1502 effeeblishing1540 faintingc1540 effeeblishment1545 enervationa1575 feeblishing1574 declining1588 decay1609 flagging1611 labefaction1620 feebling1624 sinking1625 deading1645 dejection1652 fail1654 emperiment1674 decline1770 sapping1825 breakdown1858 attenuation1868 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > mercury reactions or processes > sickening of mercury sickening1882 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xvi. 4 With dethes of siknyngus thei shul die. 1816 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1851) II. 53 To sustain you under all the sickenings, and faintings, and languishings of your earthly disease. 1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 305 Not a case nor a sickening has been heard of. 1882 Electro-Amalg. Co. Prospectus 5 [It] prevents it from what is technically termed ‘sickening’ in the presence of arsenic, sulphur, oil, or any other substances..deleterious to the action of mercury in amalgamating with gold or silver. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2018). sickeningadj. /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/ Forms: 1700s sick'ning, 1700s– sickening. Etymology: formed as sicken v. + -ing suffix². 1. Falling or turning sick. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > falling ill sickening1725 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 600 The..gentle pow'r..With nectar'd drops the sick'ning sense restor'd. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 272 The malignant influence gained upon her sickening orb. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 107 Patient the sickening victim eyed The life-blood ebb in crimson tide. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iii. xxvi. 70 A whirlwind keen as frost Then in its sinking gulphs my sickening spirit tost. figurative.1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) iii. 78 The sick'ning Stars fade off the a'thereal plain.a1771 T. Gray Ess. I in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 198 71 Must sick'ning virtue fly the tainted ground?1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. Pref. p. v He thus ranges without an instructor, confused and with sickening curiosity from subject to subject. 2. That causes sickness, nausea, or faintness; that disgusts or revolts; repulsive, loathsome. Also in weakened sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective] loatha700 eileOE andsetec1000 wlatfulc1230 aloathedc1275 wlatsomea1300 unhonest13.. wlata1325 hideousc1330 abominable1340 hatefula1382 hatesomea1382 abominablec1384 odiousa1387 fulsomec1390 accursedc1400 hatousc1400 rankc1400 hateablec1425 odiblec1425 ugsomec1425 wretchedc1430 loathsomec1440 loathfula1450 noisomea1450 abhominal1477 detestable1477 loathy1481 loathing?a1513 oppugnanta1513 irksome1513 hateworthy1548 abhorful1565 ugged1570 detestine1575 ulcerous1577 opposite1578 scandalous1592 offensive1594 obscene1597 ulcered1602 dirtya1616 abhorrent1628 toady1628 envious1630 repugnant1633 nauseating1645 nauseous1646 obnoxious1646 detestful1654 reluctant1663 horrid1666 abnoxious1682 devilish1692 invidious1710 repellent1776 repellant1780 sickening1789 toadish1822 carrion1826 ugging1839 cussed1853 repugnant1879 jerky1944 vomitous1952 barfy1957 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to mercury processes or reactions > of sickening of mercury sickening1789 1789 F. Burney Diary 9 Jan. (1842) IV. 371 As they all consisted in almost unheard-of indignities..I will not give the sickening relation. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 123 Nocturnal sweats,..induced by the sickening influence of digitalis. 1836 J. Halley in Mem. (1842) 58 Have had a most sickening job in shortening an article of my own for the Presbyterian Review. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem.: Org. (1862) xi. §1. 747 They gradually putrify and emit a sickening odour. 1886 Athenæum 30 Oct. 564/3 Nothing more sickening than the Indian wars of the United States is to be found in history. 1922 A. S. M. Hutchinson This Freedom iv. iv. 293 Oh, those sickening scarves and things, they were eternally knitting, that wasn't war work. It was fun at first. They were fed to death with doing them now. 1924 M. Arlen Green Hat ii. 67 In ten years' time..Hilary will be the only Liberal left in Parliament, looking happier and younger and more sickening than ever. 1925 D. G. Mackail Greenery Street viii. 179 But, Ian, Daphne's thing is a subscription dance... Please don't be so sickening. 1937 W. H. S. Smith Let. 8 Feb. in Young Man's Country (1977) ii. 56 Isn't it too sickening that I shall get to Singapore just after Margaret's and Ronald's departure. in extended use.1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 101 All base substances..cannot be taken up by the mercury, neither do they have any ‘sickening’ effect upon the mercury. Derivatives ˈsickeningly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adverb] loathlya1000 loathsomelya1400 hatefullyc1425 heinouslyc1440 abominably1447 ugsomelyc1450 odiouslya1500 detestably1531 abominationly1592 obscenely1598 repellingly1811 repellently1812 nauseatingly1815 obnoxiously1828 sickeningly1839 rebarbatively1934 1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 2) I. viii. 180 The duchess was sickeningly civil. 1864 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. The outside is generally burnt up, and the inside sickeningly raw. 1886 Sat. Rev. 7 Aug. 183 A series of sickeningly inhuman outrages were committed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1382adj.1725
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