as in to disgust
to cause to feel disgust
such hateful graffiti would nauseate anyone with an ounce of human decency
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Recent Examples of nauseate
You are nauseated by the smells.
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Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
However, within hours of consuming them, your heart starts racing, you’re nauseated and vomiting.
—Joshua Kellogg, The Conversation, 15 Aug. 2025
The action is at at best competent but uninspired, and at worst (such as a sword fight toward the end) choppy and nauseating.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2025
All the conceits of a true-crime film are there – the lead detective interviews, shaky images from police-cams, the salacious headlines, the nauseating crime scene photos, the TV news reports, teary interviews with friends and family.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
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Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
However, within hours of consuming them, your heart starts racing, you’re nauseated and vomiting.
—Joshua Kellogg, The Conversation, 15 Aug. 2025
The action is at at best competent but uninspired, and at worst (such as a sword fight toward the end) choppy and nauseating.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2025
All the conceits of a true-crime film are there – the lead detective interviews, shaky images from police-cams, the salacious headlines, the nauseating crime scene photos, the TV news reports, teary interviews with friends and family.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseate
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Unlike Jones, who has not been charged with any crime — disgusting as his texts are — James Is under federal indictment for mortgage and bank fraud.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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People are disgusted with Israel’s response.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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One of those flight attendants spoke about what happened after a 2023 flight in which crew members and passengers were sickened by fumes.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Oct. 2025
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Salmonella is a genus of bacteria that can sicken humans.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
24 Oct. 2025
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Of course, one major qualifier for this is the fact there are plenty of reasons for even moderate Democrats to be repulsed at the idea of electing Cuomo.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
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His family, dependent on his income and repulsed at what has become of their son, must then determine what is to be done with poor Gregor.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Oct. 2025
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That this face was his appalled him more.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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How shocked and appalled and offended everyone seems to be by this.—
Nick Suss,
Nashville Tennessean,
13 Oct. 2025
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The crimes committed by Hamas and other armed factions on that day horrified us.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Family members of Kinman’s biological father said in a statement that they were horrified at the news.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Nauseate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseate. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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