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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in shocked
filled with disgust nauseated critics panned the movie comedy for its celebration of unspeakably gross behavior

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

nauseated

2 of 2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseated
  1. sick
  2. shocked
  3. nauseous
  4. disgusted
  5. sickened
Adjective
  • Jodi Blodgett is so sick of all the extras that she's stopped flying.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Salmonella is bacteria that can make people sick with an illness called salmonellosis.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of sick
Adjective
  • One of its stars was just as shocked as the rest of us after finding out when everyone else did.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Day 5 Kyoto The Japanese are shocked to hear that there isn’t a word in English to describe the sight of dappled light filtering through the leaves of a tree, a phenomenon currently holding all but my offspring spellbound.
    Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of shocked
Adjective
  • Jen Psaki accepted a piece of jerky, and, upon putting it in her mouth, looked nauseous, but was still too nice to protest.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
  • And feeling nauseous from a few minutes of passenger princess phone tasks straight-up sucks.
    Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of nauseous
Adjective
  • Marty Baron takes aim at Fox News, Trump’s ‘authoritarian’ aspirations, and Republicans ‘wreaking havoc on the country’ In Washington, Bezos’s decision not to endorse in the 2024 race left some members of the Post’s editorial department feeling blindsided and disgusted, multiple sources told CNN.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Unconvinced on their pitch, Yang and Rudolph’s disgusted characters begin to walk out of the board room.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2024
Definition of disgusted
Verb
  • Last week, Newsom signed a bill putting a moratorium on all blood thinning rat poisons, which travel up the food chain when predators eat dead or sickened rats.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • As some consumers had discovered, tara flour was not safe, the FDA decreed in May 2024 — nearly two years after the ingredient sickened hundreds.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of sickened
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Thesaurus Entries Near nauseated

nauseate

nauseated

nauseates

See More Nearby Entries 

Cite this Entry

“Nauseated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseated. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.

Copy Citation

Share

More from Merriam-Webster on nauseated

Nglish: Translation of nauseated for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See All

Using Bullet Points ( • )

Point of View: It's Personal

Plural and Possessive Names: A Guide

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

More Commonly Misspelled Words
See All

Popular in Wordplay

See All

8 Words with Fascinating Histories

8 Words for Lesser-Known Musical Instruments

Birds Say the Darndest Things

10 Scrabble Words Without Any Vowels

12 More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)
See All

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Word Game Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
speech-bubble-untangle
Simplify The Convoluted Expression Quiz A quiz that’s as “uncomplicated as a round de...