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sickener

sickener noun: one who, or that which, sickens.

Noun

sickener (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).

Forms of sickener

pluralsickeners

Origin of sickener

From sicken + -er.

Questions about sickener

What does sickener mean?
Sickener means one who, or that which, sickens.
What part of speech is sickener?
Sickener is a noun.
What is the plural of sickener?
The plural of sickener is sickeners.

Words near sickener in the dictionary

  1. sickees
  2. Sickelmore
  3. Sickelmores
  4. sicken
  5. sickened
  6. sickener
  7. sickeners
  8. sickenest
  9. sickeneth
  10. sickening
  11. sickeningly

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