SICKEN


Meaning of SICKEN in English

v.

1. tr. affect with loathing or disgust.

2 intr. a (often foll. by for) show symptoms of illness (is sickening for measles). b (often foll. by at, or to + infin.) feel nausea or disgust (he sickened at the sight).

3 (as sickening adj.) a loathsome, disgusting. b colloq. very annoying.

Derivatives:

sickeningly adv.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.