nauseous

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Pronunciation
/ˈnɔːziːəs/ (UK)
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/ˈnɔːziːəs/ (UK) · /ˈnɔːsiːəs/ (UK) · /ˈnɔʃəs/ (US) · /ˈnɔʒəs/ (US) · /ˈnɑʃəs/ · /ˈnɑʒəs/

Definition of nauseous

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  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.”
    “[T]he Italians grossness of Conversation is still very offensive & nauseous, tho' long accustomed to it.”
    “And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?”
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adj

  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.”
    “[T]he Italians grossness of Conversation is still very offensive & nauseous, tho' long accustomed to it.”
    “And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?”
  2. (obsolete)Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish.
  3. (proscribed)Afflicted with nausea; sick.
    “After he had scarcely eaten enough, he felt nauseous; but nausea ceased as soon as he stopped eating entirely, …”
    “[…] during stretching the patient felt nauseous …”
    “Is it a myth that you shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics? I often do and haven't felt remotely nauseous.”

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Etymology

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

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