nauseous

adjectiveattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈnɔːziːəs//
United Kingdom//ˈnɔːsiːəs//
United States//ˈnɔʃəs//

Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.

adjective

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
obsoleteInclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish.
3
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.

Etymology

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

Forms

comparative: more nauseous
superlative: most nauseous

naught · Nothing.naughty · Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of…nausea · A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system,…

nauseous · Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.

nav · Navigation. Often used attributively, as in nav beacon.naval · Of or relating to a navy.Naval · A surname

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