vomitous
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or causing vomiting.
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Informal. repugnant; disgusting; nauseating.
vomitous business methods.
adjective
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arousing feelings of disgust
a vomitous ending
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relating or connected to feeling or being sick
a vomitous night on the town
Etymology
Origin of vomitous
Example Sentences
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It’s true, some recent experiments of this ilk from other purveyors aren’t all chardonnay and roses: A wine infused with marigold tastes thin and slightly vomitous; a cornflower tea is reminiscent of peat moss.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2022
Its light devolving from green to a pulsing, vomitous red.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2021
And whatever is revealed in the course of the investigation — no matter how vomitous — will fall just short of an impeachable offense.
From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2019
Von Trier’s picture is described as vile, vomitous and vacuous.
From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2018
It’s sad to think any American, much less any neighbor of ours, would expel such vomitous bile at another human being, much less a mass of them.
From Washington Times • Jul. 26, 2017
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