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
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How to use nauseating in a sentence
Part of that is surely just the sort of flattery for which the Senate is nauseatingly well-known.
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His alcohol-laden breath reached her nauseatingly and she turned her head aside.
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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.
Iconoclasts | James HunekerThe squalidness of the town he had left so tumultuously struck upon his memory nauseatingly.
The Gringos | B. M. BowerDon't be nauseatingly saccharine, for that's just about as bad as getting mad about it.
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