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单词 sick-making
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Definition of sick-making in English:

sick-making

adjective
informal
  • 1Nauseatingly unpleasant or shocking.

    a sick-making stench
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Those of you who remember my last trip to Kentucky may recall that the last leg of the trip takes place on one of those godawfully tiny sick-making airplanes, too.
    • From both a worker's and a consumer's perspective, it's sick-making: a glamorous industry built on gross exploitation and price-gouging.
    Synonyms
    unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible, vile, foul, abominable, frightful, loathsome, revolting, repulsive, odious, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, repellent, repugnant, horrendous, hideous, appalling, atrocious, offensive, objectionable, obnoxious, unpalatable, unsavoury, unappetizing, off-putting, uninviting, dirty, filthy, squalid
    1. 1.1 Overly sentimental, coy, or trite.
      a ballad of sick-making sentiment
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Embrace exist in a world where these clichés are acceptable - not sick-making or trite but accurate and airtight.
      Synonyms
      mawkish, over-sentimental, overemotional, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, sugar-coated, syrupy
 
 

Definition of sick-making in US English:

sick-making

adjectiveˈsɪk ˌmeɪkɪŋˈsik ˌmākiNG
informal
  • 1Nauseatingly unpleasant or shocking.

    a sick-making stench
    Example sentencesExamples
    • From both a worker's and a consumer's perspective, it's sick-making: a glamorous industry built on gross exploitation and price-gouging.
    • Those of you who remember my last trip to Kentucky may recall that the last leg of the trip takes place on one of those godawfully tiny sick-making airplanes, too.
    Synonyms
    unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible, vile, foul, abominable, frightful, loathsome, revolting, repulsive, odious, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, repellent, repugnant, horrendous, hideous, appalling, atrocious, offensive, objectionable, obnoxious, unpalatable, unsavoury, unappetizing, off-putting, uninviting, dirty, filthy, squalid
    1. 1.1 Overly sentimental, coy, or trite.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Embrace exist in a world where these clichés are acceptable - not sick-making or trite but accurate and airtight.
      Synonyms
      mawkish, over-sentimental, overemotional, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, sugar-coated, syrupy
 
 
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