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Sickening vs Disgraceful - What's the difference?

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Sickening is a related term of disgraceful.


As adjectives the difference between sickening and disgraceful

is that sickening is causing sickness or disgust while disgraceful is bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.

As a verb sickening

is .

As a noun sickening

is the act of making somebody sick.

sickening

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing sickness or disgust.
  • Amazing, fantastic.

    • See also

    * loathsome * disgusting * abominable * detestable * hateful

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making somebody sick.
  • * 2010 , Greg A. Marley, Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares
    • 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.

    disgraceful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * disgracefull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
  • Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.