ad nauseam

American  

[ad naw-zee-uhm, -am] / æd ˈnɔ zi əm, -ˌæm /

adverb

1. to a sickening or disgusting degree.

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ad nauseam British  

/ æd ˈnɔːzɪˌæm, -sɪ- /

adverb

1. to a disgusting extent

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ad nauseam Cultural  

1. To go on endlessly; literally, to continue “to seasickness”: “The candidate told us the details of how he overcame his childhood problems ad nauseam.”

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ad nauseam Idioms  

1. To ridiculous excess, to a sickening degree. For example, I wish he'd drop the subject; we have heard about budget cuts ad nauseam. The term, Latin for “to [the point of] nausea,” has been used in English since the early 1600s.

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Etymology

Origin of ad nauseam

< Latin: literally, to seasickness

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ad nauseam

So Brown scrapped his normally free-flowing offense to run one play ad nauseam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

“We have written ad nauseam about how extreme the move in semis has been—in many cases not seen since the dot-com bubble,” writes Jonathan Krinsky, BTIG’s chief market technician.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

As we've been told ad nauseam, Vance is a smart guy who went to Yale.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2024

Animation can be a transformative, liberating force, even for stories that have been told ad nauseam.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024

“You will know your history, your biochemistry, and your toxins ad nauseam to impress at conclave,” Goddard told Rowan with a disgusted wave of his hand.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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