nauseous
causing nausea; sickening; nauseating: a nauseous smell.
disgusting; loathsome: a nauseous display of greed.
Origin of nauseous
1confusables note For nauseous
Other words for nauseous
Opposites for nauseous
Other words from nauseous
- nau·seous·ly, adverb
- nau·seous·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with nauseous
- nauseated, nauseous (see confusables note at the current entry)
Words Nearby nauseous
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How to use nauseous in a sentence
Further, four out of 10 women taking the drug reported that it made them nauseous.
The tangled and messy science of medicating female sex drives | Purbita Saha | August 17, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIf you’re not dizzy or nauseous and your heart rate feels normal, it’s probably safe to move on.
Know the difference between heat stroke and heat exhaustion. One can kill you quickly. | John Kennedy | June 28, 2021 | Popular-ScienceMeanwhile, cool water will help settle your stomach when you start feeling sweaty or nauseous.
Video games can cause motion sickness—here’s how to fight it | Sandra Gutierrez G. | February 2, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIf you already have a big flat-screen TV that is now making you nauseous, you don’t need to throw it away—sitting farther from it will have the same effect.
Video games can cause motion sickness—here’s how to fight it | Sandra Gutierrez G. | February 2, 2021 | Popular-ScienceRemember, if you start to feel nauseous, light-headed, or dizzy, pause your game, pop your VR headset off, and take a quick seat or drink some water.
The best VR games: Enjoy a lifelike gaming experience at home | Carsen Joenk | January 19, 2021 | Popular-Science
Typically, I feel half-nauseous for the first week and this time was no different.
How I’ll End the War: My First Week Back in Afghanistan | Nick Willard | May 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe texture was awkward and as I pulled it back and forth between my teeth, I just began to feel more and more nauseous.
We Were Gwyneth’s GOOP Guinea Pigs | Erin Cunningham, Olivia Nuzzi | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“As a result, doing both exercise and a cleanse can leave you feeling tired, dizzy and nauseous,” she says.
It took me like five or six times to actually watch it, but when I watch it, I still get nauseous.
Gina Gershon on Being Donatella Versace, ‘Showgirls,’ and Bill Clinton Rumors | Marlow Stern | October 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHeavily pregnant, nauseous, she barely made it to her meeting.
It happened to be a preparation of that nauseous drug familiarly known as "Dover's powder."
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodIt seemed to me then the most nauseous stuff I had ever swallowed.
John Ingerfield and Other Stories | Jerome K. JeromeThe same honey which is sweet to the sound palate is nauseous to the sick; and so on.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians | James DenneyThey had already separated from him, as though shunning a corpse because of its nauseous odour.
The conquest of Rome | Matilde SeraoYou know how they are always prating about Bible Teaching—the 'simple morality of the Gospel,' and all that nauseous stuff?
The Secret Glory | Arthur Machen
British Dictionary definitions for nauseous
/ (ˈnɔːzɪəs, -sɪ-) /
feeling sick
causing nausea
distasteful to the mind or senses; repulsive
Derived forms of nauseous
- nauseously, adverb
- nauseousness, noun
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