nauseated 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of nauseatednext
1
as in sick
affected with nausea being aboard ship during that storm would make anyone but the most experienced sailor nauseated

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as in shocked
filled with disgust nauseated critics panned the movie comedy for its celebration of unspeakably gross behavior

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nauseated

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verb

past tense of nauseate
as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust such hateful graffiti would nauseate anyone with an ounce of human decency

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Recent Examples of nauseated
Verb
Most patients feel dizzy, nauseated and weak within 30 to 60 minutes. — Prayan Pokharel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 The plaintiffs stopped eating and became nauseated, the court document continues. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Four weeks later, she is still nauseated and her pregnancy test remains positive. — Jennifer Karlin, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026 Baldwin included photos of herself looking nauseated, as well as pictures of her in the bathroom doing what appeared to be praying. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026 The other day, Mosaku ordered chai at a coffee shop in Flatbush, feeling nauseated from the car ride over. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026 At times, she would get nauseated before races. — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026 Johnson felt nauseated and his chest constricted, forcing the breath from his lungs. — Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026 Every morning, most of us get up, check the Signal chats, the news, the socials, feel nauseated and overwhelmed, put the phone down. — Angela Pelster, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseated
  1. sick
  2. shocked
  3. disgusted
  4. nauseous
  5. sickened
  6. repulsed
  7. appalled
Adjective
  • As the years go by, babies are born, parents get sick and die, careers are started then ended, wives and husbands are thwarted, and, eventually, sheets are strewn and booties are tapped.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Last August, more than 360 people recently got sick after eating free MBG school lunches in Sragen, Central Java.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of sick
Adjective
  • The man who was shocked was taken to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan with life-threatening injuries.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But something fascinating was happening behind the scenes, coinciding with the disaster that had sent Olin overseas and left her bandmates, Augustin and Nathan Slone — located in New York City — shocked.
    — Julius Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of shocked
Verb
  • Decent law-abiding Israelis living in Judea/Samaria are also disgusted by behavior of the few who violate civil law & Torah by violence & lawlessness.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Allie, in particular, is disgusted by the men who treat her as functionally interchangeable with any other available, able-bodied woman.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of disgusted
Adjective
  • Several other instances of illness linked to the MBG program have cropped up, including a group of 15 elementary schoolers and a school principal who became nauseous and dizzy after a meal in the Aceh province’s Bener Meriah regency, per the AP.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Kimbrel retired the first two batters in the seventh before feeling nauseous and heaving.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of nauseous
Verb
  • In July, Taylor Farms de Mexico recalled all iceberg lettuce sourced in Mexico from 27 states following a cyclospora outbreak that has sickened 18,445 people since the beginning of May.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Thousands of people were sickened by foodborne illnesses this summer.
    — Dian Zhang, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of sickened
Verb
  • His recent comments didn’t favor the Browns fanbase, and many Cleveland fans seem viscerally repulsed by him.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Most Americans are repulsed by the core ideas of radical leftists.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of repulsed
Verb
  • While some praised Galliano’s immeasurable talent as a fashion designer, others were appalled by the choice, given his previous offenses and the rise of antisemitic attacks in New York City and internationally.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Her supporters and longtime Christian collaborators are appalled by the backlash.
    — Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of appalled

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