sickener

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noun

One who, or that which, sickens.

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Meanings

nounsickener (plural sickeners)

plural sickeners

  1. One who, or that which, sickens.

    We had been knocked out of the FA Cup by Gravesend, which was a real sickener for me.

    2010, Steve Wignall, You Can Have Chips
  2. A small, bright red and possibly poisonous russula or brittlegill (Russula emetica).

Origin

From sicken + -er.

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Translations

Bulgarian бясна гъба
  • бясна гъба (bjasna găba)Russula emetica
Finnish tulipunahapero
  • tulipunahaperoRussula emetica
Hungarian hánytató galambgomba
  • hánytató galambgombaRussula emetica
Russian сырое́жка жгу́че-е́дкая, сырое́жка рво́тная
  • сырое́жка жгу́че-е́дкая (syrojéžka žgúče-jédkaja)Russula emetica
  • сырое́жка рво́тная (syrojéžka rvótnaja)Russula emetica

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

sickener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickener

MLA

“sickener.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickener. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sickener,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickener.

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