stomach-churning
[stuhm-uh k-chur-ning]
- 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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Examples from the Web for stomach-churning
Contemporary Examples of stomach-churning
As far as one could see, there were no eruptions of look-at-me garishness, no flashes of stomach-churning inappropriateness.
Historical Examples of stomach-churning
The shuddering, stomach-churning wave tossed him to the floor and a picture dropped to smash against the floor.
The Thirst QuenchersRick Raphael
And as Raf pushed down another aisle, paralleling his course, he was conscious of a sickly sweet, stomach-churning stench.
Star BornAndre Norton