nauseating
causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
such as to cause contempt, disgust, loathing, etc.: I had to listen to the whole nauseating story.
Origin of nauseating
1confusables note For nauseating
Other words from nauseating
- nau·se·at·ing·ly, adverb
- un·nau·se·at·ing, adjective
Words Nearby nauseating
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How to use nauseating in a sentence
Some complainants called state or local authorities about the nauseating scent, describing itchy eyes or chest tightness, complaint records show.
“A Complete Failure of the State”: Authorities Didn’t Heed Researchers’ Calls to Study Health Effects of Burning Sugar Cane | by Lulu Ramadan, The Palm Beach Post | August 19, 2021 | ProPublicaIt was nauseating for him to think that his lab work was defrauding customers in the legal pot market, deceiving them into buying pot that had less THC than its label stated.
At the end of the day, the rich taste of red wine may not be worth the cost of a nauseating headache or an itchy rash.
Red wine is a trifecta of chemicals that can make some people feel terrible | empire | June 24, 2021 | Popular-ScienceA basic fact will remain: The bias, whatever its components, is nauseating.
Why the Right Thinks Obama’s a Narcissist—and Why They’re Wrong | John McWhorter | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was, instead, a nauseating excursion into base and sad fantasies.
How Hollywood’s Most Realistic Sex Scenes Were Made: ‘Don’t Look Now’ to ‘Nymphomaniac’ | Marlow Stern | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Historically, migraines were labeled a hysterical female condition, characterized by throbbing, one-sided, nauseating pain.
Why Everything from Frigid Temperatures to Lightning Can Induce Migraines | Caitlin Dickson | January 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever nauseating in retrospect, millions shared their views.
The Revolution of 1940: America’s Fight Over Entering World War II | Marc Wortman | June 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was trapped because things you had to say to defend the indefensible are nauseating and atrocious things.
At last, the sunken eyelids and the inability to see my flashlight and respond told me the nauseating truth.
Tiger Cat | David H. KellerThis substance had a strong and persistent odor, so sweet as to be almost nauseating.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeThe swinging of the mast was nauseating him in his excited condition, and he felt his strength gradually ebbing.
The Viking Blood | Frederick William WallaceHe was blinded by light and deafened by sound and his nostrils were filled with the nauseating fetor of jungle and decay.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald JenkinsIt was a nauseating rle to play; but he was bent upon making a last appeal to her before they returned to town on the morrow.
What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes
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