Vocabulary
Sickening
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust.
Urdu meaning
بیمارکردینے والا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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During the Balkan war from 1992 to 1996, while populations of the former Yugoslav republics were fighting each other, wealthy Europeans and Americans devised a sickening adventure in collusion with Serb militias.
Dawn Editorials —
Betting abattoirs
— 2026-03-14
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The sickening behaviour while insincere was not much different from say the mealy-mouthed boycott of the Moscow Olympics by the West, which Pakistan and some others had dutifully embraced.
Dawn Editorials —
The power of a gentle prayer
— 2025-11-04
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The campaign for the annihilation of another country and deliberate killing of an entire population is sickening.
Dawn Editorials —
Weaponisation of media
— 2025-05-07
Synonyms
nauseating, stomach-turning, stomach-churning, repulsive, revolting, disgusting
Antonyms
wholesome, delightful
Curator example
“a sickening stench of blood”
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