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as in sick
affected with nausea
after eating the last four pieces of the two-week-old pizza, he was feeling a little nauseous
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as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
it turned out that a dead mouse between the walls was causing the nauseous stench
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Recent Examples of nauseous
Mel initially thought her sister might have been pranking her before becoming nauseous at the thought that her own brother was behind the murders of four college students.
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Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
4 Jan. 2026
That is, until one day, when Blanca began feeling unusually emotional and nauseous.
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Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
Flying can sometimes make people feel uneasy or nauseous.
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Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
20 Dec. 2025
But on the third day of taking antibiotics, Brittany began feeling nauseous.
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Patricia Varas,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nauseous
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
4 Jan. 2026
That is, until one day, when Blanca began feeling unusually emotional and nauseous.
—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
Flying can sometimes make people feel uneasy or nauseous.
—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
20 Dec. 2025
But on the third day of taking antibiotics, Brittany began feeling nauseous.
—
Patricia Varas,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nauseous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseous
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Having a sick pet is emotionally a lot to handle.
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Preventing infestation Just because one calf is sick doesn’t mean the entire herd will get it, Cammack said.
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Get a room, this is disgusting!
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And, to me, there’s nothing more disgusting than an airplane bathroom.
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The presence of his mom Gabrielle/Sophia (Jennifer Ehle, going a little overboard with the accent) serves as a distraction and brings up some queasy stuff.
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The Professor continued, oblivious to my queasy sense of déjà vu.
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Messi shook off his awful spot kick to deliver another match-winning masterclass against Austria and become the competition’s all-time top scorer in the process.
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But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck.
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Iran’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad World Cup got a lot better Sunday.
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What started as a horrible mistake ended up bringing the community together.
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Both state and church are also known for failing to live up to those ideals, for permitting indefensible abuses, for ugly histories.
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Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days.
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Toxic fumes are leaking into airplanes and sickening passengers and crew members at an alarming rate, according to a September 2025 report by The Wall Street Journal.
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The concept of this many women vying for West is somewhat sickening to me.
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His character, Andrew Fung, is written to be obnoxious – cartoonishly, gleefully, exhaustingly so.
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Citadel was successful but borderline obnoxious.
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“Nauseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseous. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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