1
: causing you to feel like you are going to vomit
the nauseating smell of rotting garbage
2
: causing disgust
The way the animals were treated was nauseating.
It was nauseating to see the two of them act like lovesick teenagers.
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“Nauseating.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/nauseating. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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