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
Woonsocket residents are suing the city over nauseating odors from a local sludge incinerator.
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Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
As a father, the facts of this case are nauseating, and my heart continues to ache for Zona, who is gone from us far too soon.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
At times, she would get nauseated before races.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
The scale of it was absurd and nauseating.
—Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
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Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
As a father, the facts of this case are nauseating, and my heart continues to ache for Zona, who is gone from us far too soon.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
At times, she would get nauseated before races.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
The scale of it was absurd and nauseating.
—Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseate
Verb
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No police necessity can explain their excessive use of force, which has shocked and disgusted fair-minded people across the political spectrum.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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The consequences of disgusting one’s wife, whether or not one agrees with her premise, could be enormous.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In the mid-19th century, Kasanje was able to repulse a Portuguese military expedition.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Sigmund Freud believed that every crush has a strand of disgust, that people are attracted to what repulses them.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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People all over the globe were in disbelief that a man could perpetuate a campaign of drugging and raping his wife without her knowledge, and even more sickened that dozens of men joined him in his crimes.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
1 Apr. 2026
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Police in Broomfield, Colorado, opened an investigation after multiple hot dogs laced with methamphetamine were found in a family’s yard and sickened at least two dogs, according to a press release.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Back in Brooklyn after college at Emerson, she was appalled by the march toward war that followed 9/11.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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Minerliz’ family was relieved — and appalled.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The narration returns obsessively to the moments of violence between the parents, which horrify the boy.—
Tim Parks,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The Hortas were horrified to learn that Tania Hernandez, the owner of the small house where their friend was going hungry, was a social services worker for the state charged with the mission of saving frail, elderly and disabled adults like Rabell.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Nauseate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseate. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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