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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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
For Fatih Akin, the director of “The Golden Glove,” the solution seems to have been making his movie as vomitous as possible.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2019
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
The film ends with the sound of someone retching up their tortured soul, an awful, growling, vomitous howl, like an anguished demon being wrenched from a fragile body.
From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2013
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