sickening

Questions about sickening

What does sickening mean?

sickening means "causing or able to cause nausea".

How many syllables are in sickening?

sickening has 3 syllables: sic-ke-ning. The stress falls on "sic". In IPA it is /ˈsɪkənɪŋ/.

What is another word for sickening?

Close synonyms include nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sickening a common word?

sickening is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.