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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Rittenhouse tried to keep going, gesticulating with his arms but speaking in a vomitous retch.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
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
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 last time I tried to write about this book, commenters got mad at me for disgorging “a vomitous outpouring of praise.”
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2015
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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