Sickening vs Invidious - What's the difference?
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The act of making somebody sick.
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(of a distinction) offensively or unfairly discriminating
(of an action or task) causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense.
(of a thing) causing envy or ill will towards the possessor
envious, jealous
(obsolete) Hateful; odious; detestable
Sickening is a related term of invidious.
As adjectives the difference between sickening and invidious
is that sickening is causing sickness or disgust while invidious is (of a distinction) offensively or unfairly discriminating.As a verb sickening
is .As a noun sickening
is the act of making somebody sick.sickening
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See also
* loathsome * disgusting * abominable * detestable * hatefulVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- In the Northeast, one porcini look-alike has been implicated in several sickenings . It is Boletus huronensis , and though some guides call it edible, there have been a few cases of people becoming sickened following a meal of this mushroom.
invidious
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The professor made invidious distinctions based only on his own whim.