stomach-churning

American  

[stuhm-uhk-chur-ning] / ˈstʌm əkˌtʃɜr nɪŋ /

adjective

1. causing nausea.

2. causing a queasy feeling in one’s stomach, as from anxiety, anger, or disgust.

   The car accident was a stomach-churning sight.

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Etymology

Origin of stomach-churning

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

That’s a stomach-churning loss of almost 30% in just six weeks.

From Los Angeles Times

It is a stomach-churning two or three seconds of theatre, when all of that pre-series talk comes to an end.

From BBC

These “Monster” episodes depict how directly the details of Gein’s killings, grave robbery and stomach-churning hobby of making household items out of human skin and bones influenced classics like Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” Tobe Hooper’s “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” and inspired “The Silence of the Lambs”’ antagonist Buffalo Bill.

From Salon

Then, there was a stomach-churning jam in the 12th, when Kershaw inherited a bases-loaded jam from Sheehan — and the crowd turned nervously tense, almost as if they were fearing the worst possible ending imaginable to his illustrious but postseason-haunted 18-year career — only for him to escape by getting a ground ball from Lukes that Edman flipped with his glove to first base.

From Los Angeles Times

That means Kelce is now a part owner trying to sell America on stomach-churning drops, head-spinning turns and Dippin’ Dots, just what he loved as a kid—and still does.

From The Wall Street Journal