Sickening Definition & Meaning

sickening
adjective
  1. causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

"Sickening" in song lyrics

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  • "You can smell the dope up in they pores and it's sickening"
    Baby Blak — Firewater
  • "And with a beat like this ya know it's sickening"
    Benzino f/ Lisa Raye, Mario Winans — Would You
  • "He's sick of her, she's sick of him, it's sickening"
    Chino XL — She Can't Change Me

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