stomach-churning
Americanadjective
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causing nausea.
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causing a queasy feeling in one’s stomach, as from anxiety, anger, or disgust.
The car accident was a stomach-churning sight.
Etymology
Origin of stomach-churning
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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The iShares Silver Trust ETF this year has had a stomach-churning round trip from about $70 to nearly $110 and back.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
That gives them vast latitude to hold investments for decades and ride out periods of stomach-churning volatility, or make large and concentrated wagers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
That’s a stomach-churning loss of almost 30% in just six weeks.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025
Yet that same stomach-churning tendency also causes vultures to be indispensable to human ecosystems, since the rotting carcasses contain dangerous diseases that could spread to humans if not ingested by more iron-stomached scavengers.
From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024
By this time Gale will have clocked in at the mines, taken the stomach-churning elevator ride into the depths of the earth, and be pounding away at a coal seam.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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