Definition of Sickener

1. Noun. One that sickens. ¹

2. Noun. A small, bright red-coloured and possibly poisonous russula or brittlegill, ''Russula emetica''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sickener

1. one that sickens [n -S] - See also: sickens

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sickener

sick sinus syndrome
sick to one's stomach
sick up
sickbag
sickbags
sickbay
sickbays
sickbed
sickbeds
sicke
sicked
sickee
sickees
sicken
sickened
sickener (current term)
sickeners
sickening
sickeningly
sickeningness
sickens
sicker
sickerly
sickerness
sickest
sickhouse
sickhouses
sickie
sickies
sicking

Literary usage of Sickener

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget, Samuel Romilly Roget (1879)
"... mortification, sickener ; bore, bother, pother, hot water, sea of troubles, hornet's nest, plague, pest. cancer, ulcer, sting, thorn ; canker &c. ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1845)
"I gave one of them a sickener, and could have easily managed the other, but he gave the alarm, and then lots of others sprang up, and lights and soldiers ..."

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