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sickening ['sɪkənɪŋ]∎ it's sickening the way the refugees are treated c'est écœurant, la façon dont on traite les réfugiés;∎ he fell with a sickening thud il est tombé avec un bruit qui laissait présager le pire;∎ humorous she's so talented it's sickening! elle est si douée que c'en est écœurant! -
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1 ( nauseating) écœurant ; [sight] qui soulève le cœur ; [smell] nauséabond, écœurant ; fig [cruelty, violence] écœurant ;2 ○ ( annoying) [person, behaviour] insupportable. -
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adjective (causing sickness, disgust or weariness; very unpleasant or annoying: There was a sickening crunch; The weather is really sickening!) écœrant -
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sicken [ˈsɪkn]• to sicken of... se lasser de...* * *['sɪkən] 1.transitive verb rendre [quelqu'un] malade; fig écœurer2.1) [person, animal] littér tomber malade, dépérir2) fig ( grow weary) -
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[sik] 1. adjective1) (vomiting or inclined to vomit: He has been sick several times today; I feel sick; She's inclined to be seasick/airsick/car-sick.) qui a mal au cœur2) ((especially American) ill: He is a sick man; The doctor told me that my husband is very sick and may not live very long.) malade3) (very tired (of); wishing to have no more (of): I'm sick of doing this; I'm sick and tired of hearing about it!) qui en a assez (de)4) (affected by strong, unhappy or unpleasant feelings: I was really sick at making that bad mistake.) écœuré par5) (in bad taste: a sick joke.) macabre2. noun(vomit: The bedclothes were covered with sick.) vomi(ssure)- sicken- sickening - sickeningly - sickly - sickness - sick-leave - make someone sick - make sick - the sick - worried sick -
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B vi1 littér [person, animal] tomber malade, dépérir ; to be sickening for something couver quelque chose ; -
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disgusting [dɪs'gʌstɪŋ]∎ how disgusting! c'est écœurant!, c'est dégoûtant!(b) (very bad) écœurant, déplorable;∎ you disgusting little boy! espèce de petit dégoûtant! -
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sicken ['sɪkən](a) (disgust, distress) écœurer, dégoûter;∎ it sickened him to see them together ça l'écœurait de les voir ensemble∎ the smell sickens me cette odeur me soulève le cœur ou me donne des hauts-le-cœur∎ British he's sickening for something il couve quelque chose∎ she sickened of her idle life elle se lassa de mener une vie désœuvrée
См. также в других словарях:
Sickening — Sick en*ing, a. Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating. {Sick en*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sickening — index heinous, loathsome, objectionable, odious, offensive (offending), repulsive, unsavory Burto … Law dictionary
sickening — (adj.) causing revulsion, 1789, from prp. of SICKEN (Cf. sicken). Related: Sickeningly … Etymology dictionary
sickening — [adj] disgusting, awful diseased, distasteful, foul, gross*, icky*, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, putrid, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, stinking, stomach turning, tainted; concepts 529,571 Ant. delightful … New thesaurus
sickening — [sik′əniŋ] adj. 1. causing sickness or nausea 2. disgusting or revolting sickeningly adv … English World dictionary
sickening — sick|en|ing [ˈsıkənıŋ, ˈsıknıŋ] adj 1.) very shocking, annoying, or upsetting = ↑disgusting ▪ Police described it as a sickening racial attack. ▪ their sickening hypocrisy it is sickening that ▪ It is sickening that human beings have done this to … Dictionary of contemporary English
sickening — adjective 1 very shocking, annoying, or upsetting; disgusting: Local police said it was one of the most sickening attacks they had come across. | their sickening hypocrisy 2 a sickening thud/crash an unpleasant sound that makes you think someone… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sickening — adj. sickening to + inf. (it was sickening to watch them bicker constantly) * * * [ sɪkənɪŋ] sickening to + inf. (it was sickening to watch them bicker constantly) … Combinatory dictionary
sickening — UK [ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ] / US [ˈsɪkənɪŋ] adjective 1) a) something sickening is so unpleasant that it shocks or upsets you scenes of sickening violence b) used about something that makes you feel so nervous that you feel slightly ill For a sickening… … English dictionary
sickening — sick|en|ing [ sıkənıŋ ] adjective something sickening is so unpleasant that it shocks or upsets you: scenes of sickening violence a. used about something that makes you feel so nervous that you feel slightly sick: For a sickening moment, his hand … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sickening — [[t]sɪ̱kənɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED You describe something as sickening when it gives you feelings of horror or disgust, or makes you feel sick in your stomach. This was a sickening attack on a pregnant and defenceless woman... He described the Foreign… … English dictionary