nauseous
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/ˈnɔːziːəs/
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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
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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
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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?”
- (obsolete)Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish.
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(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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin nauseōsus (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to nausea + -ous.
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