nauseating

[ naw-zee-ey-ting, -zhee-, -see-, -shee- ]

/ ˈnɔ ziˌeɪ tɪŋ, -ʒi-, -si-, -ʃi- /

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adjective

causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.

such as to cause contempt, disgust, loathing, etc.: I had to listen to the whole nauseating story.

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Origin of nauseating

First recorded in 1635–45; nauseate + -ing²

nau·se·at·ing·ly, adverbun·nau·se·at·ing, adjective

Part of that is surely just the sort of flattery for which the Senate is nauseatingly well-known.
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My common-law husband and I have been nauseatingly in love for twelve years.
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The moments of levity and convincing depravity make the film both entertaining and nauseatingly voyeuristic.
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His alcohol-laden breath reached her nauseatingly and she turned her head aside.
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And he said nothing when still a third nurse came his way; a woman who was callid, complaisant, and nauseatingly nymphomaniac.
This Crowded Earth|Robert Bloch
Outraged at the deed caused by Hjrdis, the timid Dagny gives her the lie when Gunnar's feat is again nauseatingly dwelt upon.
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The squalidness of the town he had left so tumultuously struck upon his memory nauseatingly.
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Don't be nauseatingly saccharine, for that's just about as bad as getting mad about it.
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