sickener

English

Etymology

From sicken +‎ -er.

Noun

sickener (plural sickeners)

1. One who, or that which, sickens.
   • 2010, Steve Wignall, You Can Have Chips:

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

2. A small, bright red and possibly poisonous russula or brittlegill (Russula emetica).

Translations

one that sickens

Russula emetica

• Bulgarian: бясна гъба f (bjasna gǎba)
• Finnish: tulipunahapero
• Hungarian: hánytató galambgomba (hu)
• Russian: сырое́жка жгу́че-е́дкая f (syrojéžka žgúče-jédkaja), сырое́жка рво́тная f (syrojéžka rvótnaja)

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