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
Around 2024, their mass torts business began booming, starting with the landfill lawsuits, in which the firm accused the operators of recklessly allowing nauseating odors.
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Alcohol can lower blood glucose because your liver is busy metabolizing alcohol instead of maintaining your blood sugar, leaving you feeling shaky, weak, or nauseated.
—Ciara Lucas, SELF, 30 Dec. 2025
Leone’s creation has gained a substantial cult following thanks to its throwback grindhouse aesthetics, nauseating practical effects, and unapologetic brutality.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Akira luxuriates in the scene’s nauseating sounds, and the visual transformation is almost tactile.
—The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Alcohol can lower blood glucose because your liver is busy metabolizing alcohol instead of maintaining your blood sugar, leaving you feeling shaky, weak, or nauseated.
—Ciara Lucas, SELF, 30 Dec. 2025
Leone’s creation has gained a substantial cult following thanks to its throwback grindhouse aesthetics, nauseating practical effects, and unapologetic brutality.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Akira luxuriates in the scene’s nauseating sounds, and the visual transformation is almost tactile.
—The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseate
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In one of those realities (the actual one most of us are living in), a growing number of people across the political spectrum are angered, terrified and disgusted by actions being taken in their names by people and agencies which seem to have little or no accountability.—
Brenda Looper,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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Macaroons shaped like the heads of Bad Bunny or Kid Rock will delight or disgust your guests.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Charlie, though, is trying to keep them out of a country that thoroughly repulses him.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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And Republicans are among those repulsed by the ongoing scandals.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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Samoan officials later said Kennedy’s trip bolstered the credibility of anti-vaccine activists before the measles outbreak, which sickened thousands of people and killed 83, mostly children under age 5.—
Matt Brown,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Two people were sickened during a rideshare package pickup Monday night in the Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago police said.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Several editors were appalled by the idea alone.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
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But just as those supporters should not be blamed for having mixed feelings, so Spurs staff would be entirely justified in feeling bemused, frustrated and appalled by any suggestion that fans do not want to get a result, just as Postecoglou was two years ago.—
Dan Kilpatrick,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Through all of this, keep your eye on Elle Fanning’s horrified face as the whole freak scene unfolds in front of her eyes.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2026
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Combine those ingredients and the result is images that horrify a nation grown tragically indifferent to things that should stop a civilized society in its tracks.—
Melissa Derosa,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Nauseate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseate. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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