Sickening vs Obnoxious - What's the difference?
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The act of making somebody sick.
* 2010 , Greg A. Marley, Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares
Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
(archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
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Sickening is a related term of obnoxious.
As adjectives the difference between sickening and obnoxious
is that sickening is causing sickness or disgust while obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.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.
obnoxious
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Alternative forms
* obnoctious (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
- Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.
- To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems to me to be obnoxious to not a few considerable Exceptions.