sickener

sick·en·er

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sik-uh-ner]
- /ˈsɪk ə nər/
- /ˈsɪk.nə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sik-uh-ner]
- /ˈsɪk ə nər/

Definitions of sickener word

noun sickener something that sickens or disgusts. 1
noun sickener something that induces sickness or nausea 0
noun sickener a bright red basidiomycetous fungus of either of two species of Russula, notably the poisonous R. emetica 0

See all 3 definitions of sickener

Information block about the term

Origin of sickener

First appearance:

before 1800

One of the 42% newest English words

First recorded in 1800-10; sicken + -er1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Sickener

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sickener

sickener popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

sickener usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer