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nauseating

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verb

present participle of nauseate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of nauseating
Adjective
With a 25 percent discount, the price is also slightly less nauseating. Adrienne So, Wired, 13 Apr. 2021 It was finalized on March 31 amid a public-health crisis and a nauseating recession, with only a presidential tweet and a five-sentence press release to show for itself. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2020
Verb
The action is at at best competent but uninspired, and at worst (such as a sword fight toward the end) choppy and nauseating. Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2025 All the conceits of a true-crime film are there – the lead detective interviews, shaky images from police-cams, the salacious headlines, the nauseating crime scene photos, the TV news reports, teary interviews with friends and family. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nauseating
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseating
Adjective
  • To come in and have [designers] fight over my Polaroid would be so sickening, or even a judge on the show.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Man arrested for sickening act at Charlie Kirk memorial outside Turning Point HQ MAJOR HEADLINES PARTY POWERPLAY – Zohran Mamdani lands key endorsement in New York City mayoral race.
    , FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Don’t notice all the ways humans are disgusting.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But this disgusting and hateful speech is still speech and is protected by our First Amendment.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After conceding twice in the first 31 minutes, things could have become ugly.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
  • In Washington and around the Arizona Capitol, the dialogue has sometimes disintegrated into ugly finger-pointing.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Trump has said repeatedly that Kimmel's ratings are awful.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • As inane and sterile as the marketing was, the actual event wasn’t awful.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That sounds absolutely horrible.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Their ratings are also horrible.
    William Earl, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Once Bledsoe received a clean bill of health, then-Patriots coach Bill Belichick made the shocking decision to stick with Brady as the starting quarterback.
    Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Ironically enough, at this time a year ago, the Tigers were closing in on a shocking playoff berth after selling at the trade deadline and winning 31 of their last 44 games.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Hart was short, with a hideous combover.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
  • That hideous incentive triggered My Lai and other similarly heinous attacks.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Banners or signs may not be commercial in nature or obscene, or cause any disturbance to other fans.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was docked $14,491 for making an obscene gesture after a big catch.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025

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“Nauseating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseating. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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