nauseous
adjUK /ˈnɔːziːəs/ · US /ˈnɔʃəs/
Etymology From Latin nauseōsus (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to nausea + -ous.
1
Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
- […] And flattery tipt with nauseous fleer, And guilty shame, and servile fear, Envy, and cruelty, and pride, Will in your tainted heart preside.1720, Jonathan Swift, To Stella, visiting me in my sickness:
- [T]he Italians grossness of Conversation is still very offensive & nauseous, tho' long accustomed to it.1786 June 27, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:
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- And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I:
2
Obsolete Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish.
3
Proscribed Afflicted with nausea; sick.
- After he had scarcely eaten enough, he felt nauseous; but nausea ceased as soon as he stopped eating entirely, …1848, Samuel Hahnemann, The Chronic Diseases, Their Specific Nature and Their Homeopathic Treatment: Antipsoric Remedies, Volume 2:
- […] during stretching the patient felt nauseous …1878, The North American Journal of Homeopathy, Volume 27:
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- Is it a myth that you shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics? I often do and haven't felt remotely nauseous.2010 September 4, Tom Smith, The Guardian:
- Synonyms
- nauseating
- Derived terms
- nauseously, nauseousness