nauseating
[naw-zee-ey-ting, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-]
- 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
Usage note
See nauseous.
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Examples from the Web for nauseatingly
Contemporary Examples
Part of that is surely just the sort of flattery for which the Senate is nauseatingly well-known.
My common-law husband and I have been nauseatingly in love for twelve years.
The moments of levity and convincing depravity make the film both entertaining and nauseatingly voyeuristic.
Historical Examples
Everywhere outlines of objects wavered, changed melted, shrank with a steady and nauseatingly swift motion.
Raiders of the UniversesDonald Wandrei
The habits of the people are nauseatingly filthy, and the interiors of their dwellings must be seen to be appreciated.
AlaskaElla Higginson
Don't be nauseatingly saccharine, for that's just about as bad as getting mad about it.
The College Freshman's Don't BookGeorge Fullerton Evans
His alcohol-laden breath reached her nauseatingly and she turned her head aside.
Rimrock TrailJ. Allan Dunn
And he said nothing when still a third nurse came his way; a woman who was callid, complaisant, and nauseatingly nymphomaniac.
This Crowded EarthRobert Bloch