sickeningsick‧en‧ing /ˈsɪkənɪŋ, ˈsɪknɪŋ/ adjective 
Police described it as a sickening racial attack. their sickening hypocrisyit is sickening that It is sickening that human beings have done this to two innocent young women.2sickening 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.3very unpleasant and making you feel as if you want to vomit: The sickening stench of rotting rubbish rose into the air.4British English spoken making you feel jealous: ‘Helen’s just bought herself a huge house in the South of France.’ ‘God, how sickening!’—sickeningly adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- His head hit the door with a sickening thud.
- the sickening smell of rotting meat
- There was a sickening crash and the sound of broken glass as the two trains collided.
- And the sickening clamour of street noises beyond the cloister wall, the sickening odour of those who made them.
- At sunrise, the sickening reality dawned that bullets, his bullets, had mown down human beings.
- Many broiler chickens suffer a similar, sickening fate.
- She'd heard sickening tales of barbarous Gestapo torture, and of prisoners who were never seen again.
- The sickening feel of woollen gloves being pulled on to your hands and hitting and blunting your fingertips so touch was lost.
- With a sickening reverberation the words stayed in her mind all the way back to her room.
Longman Language Activatoran unpleasant sound
a sound that is harsh is unpleasant, rough, and usually loud: · Cheap loudspeakers often produce a harsh metallic tone.· "You'll do what I tell you," he said, his voice harsh in her ear.· The wind made a harsh wailing sound in the trees.
a sound that is grating is unpleasant, and is often produced by two rough things rubbing together: · The machine began to spin faster and faster, with the grating screech of metal on metal.· We could hear a group of tourists, talking in loud grating voices.
a sickening sound is very unpleasant and makes you feel physically sick - use this especially about the sound when someone is badly hurt or something is badly damaged: · His head hit the door with a sickening thud.· There was a sickening crash and the sound of broken glass as the two trains collided.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES His head hit the floor with a sickening thud.
His head hit the floor with a sickening thud.PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
- Her heart took up a sickening thud.
- One pitched out, hitting the ground with a sickening thud.
- Then she landed on the Market Square flagstones with a sickening crash to lie motionless.
- Then, with a sickening thud in her solar plexus, she understood.
- They heard screams, kicks, the sickening thud of a punch, and the ogre roaring Solper's name.
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1very shocking, annoying, or upsetting SYN disgusting: Police described it as a sickening racial attack. their sickening hypocrisyit is sickening that It is sickening that human beings have done this to two innocent young women.2sickening 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.3very unpleasant and making you feel as if you want to vomit: The sickening stench of rotting rubbish rose into the air.4British English spoken making you feel jealous: ‘Helen’s just bought herself a huge house in the South of France.’ ‘God, how sickening!’—sickeningly adverb