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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
If you have become nauseated after anesthesia or pain medication during a previous surgery, tell your anesthesiologist beforehand; medications and anesthesia strategies can sometimes be adjusted to reduce that risk. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 26 Oct. 2026 By the afternoon, she was nauseated and fatigued, unable to eat. — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Many also feel nauseated, throw up or break out in a blotchy rash a few days in. — Andrés Henao, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseated
  1. sick
  2. shocked
  3. disgusted
  4. nauseous
  5. sickened
  6. repulsed
  7. appalled
Adjective
  • Ahead of Wednesday night’s game against the Buffalo Sabres, Ridly Greig was nursing his own lower-body injury, and Tyler Kleven was too sick to play.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The state’s health department cautions that the true number is most certainly higher because not everyone who gets sick seeks medical care.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of sick
Adjective
  • Many attendees in the chambers appeared shocked and confused at the proposal for the new ordinance.
    — Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The first thing a newborn baby touches upon entering the world is cloth—a towel or blanket wrapped around its shocked little body.
    — Livia Caligor, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of shocked
Verb
  • Nonpartisan voters are just as disgusted by politicians who sacrifice the public good for their personal gain.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Janice was disgusted; Mary was emotionally devastated and financially ruined.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of disgusted
Adjective
  • Jessica Barden has a ball playing a mercurial, theatrical Nance who gets nauseous at the sight of her peas touching her carrots touching her mashed potatoes.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • There are snippets from Moby-Dick and The Sound of Music, a nauseous memory of the Stanley Steemer man who used to soak David’s carpets with a toxic cleaning agent that squelched around his bare feet (‘Suck, suck, suck’).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of nauseous
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  • Prior to vaccination, measles sickened 3 to 4 million people per year, sending nearly 50,000 to the hospital, causing 1,000 cases of brain swelling, and killing 400 to 500 people.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The Aliso Canyon gas leak took nearly four months to control, sickened thousands of families and forced them from their homes near the San Fernando Valley to escape a sulfurous stench and maladies including headaches, nausea and nose bleeds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of sickened
Verb
  • Not since voters were repulsed by President Nixon after the Watergate scandal half a century ago has the popular vote swung so decisively in a single election cycle.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Young people just aren’t interested, partly because they’re repulsed by bodily fluids.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of repulsed
Verb
  • Biss, however, said he is appalled by these actions and policies, calling them unconstitutional.
    — Russell Lissau, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • When James Kelman won the Booker Prize in 1994, the decision was met with disgust by the literary establishment, appalled by the profanity and the informality of the Glasgow drunk whose inner life the novel details.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of appalled

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