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Definition of sick-making in English: sick-makingadjective informal 1Nauseatingly unpleasant or shocking. 〈非正式〉令人作呕的；讨厌的；毛骨悚然的 令人作呕的臭味。 Example sentencesExamples - Those of you who remember my last trip to Kentucky may recall that the last leg of the trip takes place on one of those godawfully tiny sick-making airplanes, too.
- From both a worker's and a consumer's perspective, it's sick-making: a glamorous industry built on gross exploitation and price-gouging.
Synonyms unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible, vile, foul, abominable, frightful, loathsome, revolting, repulsive, odious, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, repellent, repugnant, horrendous, hideous, appalling, atrocious, offensive, objectionable, obnoxious, unpalatable, unsavoury, unappetizing, off-putting, uninviting, dirty, filthy, squalid - 1.1 Overly sentimental, coy, or trite.
多愁善感的；忸怩的；陈腐的 a ballad of sick-making sentiment Example sentencesExamples - Embrace exist in a world where these clichés are acceptable - not sick-making or trite but accurate and airtight.
Synonyms mawkish, over-sentimental, overemotional, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, sugar-coated, syrupy
Definition of sick-making in US English: sick-makingadjectiveˈsɪk ˌmeɪkɪŋˈsik ˌmākiNG informal 1Nauseatingly unpleasant or shocking. 〈非正式〉令人作呕的；讨厌的；毛骨悚然的 令人作呕的臭味。 Example sentencesExamples - From both a worker's and a consumer's perspective, it's sick-making: a glamorous industry built on gross exploitation and price-gouging.
- Those of you who remember my last trip to Kentucky may recall that the last leg of the trip takes place on one of those godawfully tiny sick-making airplanes, too.
Synonyms unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible, vile, foul, abominable, frightful, loathsome, revolting, repulsive, odious, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, repellent, repugnant, horrendous, hideous, appalling, atrocious, offensive, objectionable, obnoxious, unpalatable, unsavoury, unappetizing, off-putting, uninviting, dirty, filthy, squalid - 1.1 Overly sentimental, coy, or trite.
多愁善感的；忸怩的；陈腐的 Example sentencesExamples - Embrace exist in a world where these clichés are acceptable - not sick-making or trite but accurate and airtight.
Synonyms mawkish, over-sentimental, overemotional, cloying, sickly, saccharine, sugary, sugar-coated, syrupy
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