sickeningly
adverb /ˈsɪkənɪŋli/
/ˈsɪkənɪŋli/
- in a way that makes you feel shocked or full of horror synonym repulsively
- a series of sickeningly violent attacks
- She described her injuries in sickeningly graphic detail.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySickeningly is used with these adjectives:- familiar
- sweet
- in a way that makes you afraid that somebody has been badly hurt or that something has been broken
- He crashed to the ground with a sickeningly loud thud.
- in a way that is too sweet or too full of false emotion
- The film has a sickeningly sentimental ending.
- a sickeningly sweet smile
- (informal) in a way that makes you feel jealous or annoyed because you wish you had something that somebody else has
- My cousin is sickeningly perfect.