stomach-churning

[stuhm-uh k-chur-ning]

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adjective

causing nausea.
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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Contemporary Examples

As far as one could see, there were no eruptions of look-at-me garishness, no flashes of stomach-churning inappropriateness.
Kate Middleton's Wedding Dress: Alexander McQueen's Royal Triumph
Robin Givhan
April 29, 2011

Historical Examples

The shuddering, stomach-churning wave tossed him to the floor and a picture dropped to smash against the floor.
The Thirst Quenchers
Rick Raphael
And as Raf pushed down another aisle, paralleling his course, he was conscious of a sickly sweet, stomach-churning stench.
Star Born
Andre Norton