Nauseous

//ˈnɔʃəs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.

    "[…] And flattery tipt with nauseous fleer, And guilty shame, and servile fear, Envy, and cruelty, and pride, Will in your tainted heart preside."

  2. 2
    Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish. obsolete
  3. 3
    Afflicted with nausea; sick. proscribed

    "After he had scarcely eaten enough, he felt nauseous; but nausea ceased as soon as he stopped eating entirely, …"

Adjective
  1. 1
    feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit wordnet
  2. 2
    causing or able to cause nausea wordnet

Synonyms

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nauseatednauseatingabhorrentabominableairsickanguished

Antonyms

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comely

Example

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"The smell of macaroni and cheese makes me nauseous."

Etymology

From Latin nauseōsus (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to nausea + -ous.

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