sickeningly
To nauseating degree
Sickeningly describes something done to a degree that causes disgust or revulsion—or, more often, mock disgust at excess.
A couple can be sickeningly sweet with each other.
Someone sickeningly successful inspires envy dressed as nausea.
The word amplifies whatever follows it toward an extreme that's hard to stomach: sickeningly violent, sickeningly rich, sickeningly cute.
Provoking strong revulsion
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- vileExtremely unpleasant or bad
- foulOffensive or illegal
- putridDecomposed and foul-smelling
grotesque · gruesome · ghastly · appalling · hideous · repugnant · loathsome · abhorrent
Tasting of sugar
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
- cloyingExcessively sweet or sentimental
- richHaving much of something
- decadentSelf-indulgent, often corruptly
lavish · opulent · extravagant · ostentatious · sentimental · syrupy · treacly · mawkish
Mildly sick to stomach
- dizzySensation of spinning
- paleLacking color intensity
- greenColor of vegetation
- lurchingMoving unsteadily, abruptly
heaving · gagging · retching · carsick · seasick · airsick · bilious · woozy
Extreme in degree
- overpoweringToo intense to withstand
- suffocatingDepriving of air
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
smothering · oppressive · heavy · unbearable · relentless · inescapable · pervasive · thick
disgusting
Provoking strong revulsion
putrid · grotesque · gruesome · ghastly · appalling · hideous · repugnant · loathsome · abhorrent · offensive
sweet
Tasting of sugar
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
- cloyingExcessively sweet or sentimental
- richHaving much of something
decadent · lavish · opulent · extravagant · ostentatious · sentimental · syrupy · treacly · mawkish · schmaltzy
queasy
Mildly sick to stomach
lurching · heaving · gagging · retching · carsick · seasick · airsick · bilious · woozy · faint
intense
Extreme in degree
- overpoweringToo intense to withstand
- suffocatingDepriving of air
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
crushing · smothering · oppressive · heavy · unbearable · relentless · inescapable · pervasive · thick · pungent
sickeninglypleasingly
In an agreeable manner
delightfully · appealingly · pleasantly · charmingly · enticingly
sickeninglymoderately
To a limited degree
mildly · reasonably · tastefully · appropriately · subtly