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as in sick
affected with nausea
after eating the last four pieces of the two-week-old pizza, he was feeling a little nauseous
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as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
it turned out that a dead mouse between the walls was causing the nauseous stench
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Recent Examples of nauseous
But on the third day of taking antibiotics, Brittany began feeling nauseous.
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Patricia Varas, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025
Even this experience was brutal, sometimes leaving me foggy and nauseous.
—Tom Ward, Outside, 17 Nov. 2025
Many of my pregnant patients start feeling nauseous weeks before their first prenatal appointment is scheduled.
—NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
The nutrition classes are specifically designed for patients, and cover topics like how to nourish yourself when your nauseous from chemotherapy.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
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Patricia Varas, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025
Even this experience was brutal, sometimes leaving me foggy and nauseous.
—Tom Ward, Outside, 17 Nov. 2025
Many of my pregnant patients start feeling nauseous weeks before their first prenatal appointment is scheduled.
—NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
The nutrition classes are specifically designed for patients, and cover topics like how to nourish yourself when your nauseous from chemotherapy.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseous
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In California courts, sick and dying workers are suing quartz slab makers and countertop vendors — including several Bay Area shops, along with Home Depot, Lowe’s and Costco.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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The union representing the city’s subway workers has filed suit against the MTA, arguing that transit agency honchos failed to get proper public comment before deciding not to back-fill sick subway station agents.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
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On the phone, Miranda admits she’s known for a week, but agrees that what Shinia did was disgusting.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2026
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The litter box was still disgusting.—
Jennifer Wolfgram,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Both teams were mostly awful on offense in the first half.—
Greg Beacham,
Twin Cities,
11 Mar. 2026
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Make no mistake about it, Smith was awful last year with the Raiders.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Unlike the portraits in Newman’s book, which were painted to glorify their sitters, many of the images in the Epstein files have a queasy, destabilizing aspect.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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The three-hour onslaught of A.I. is good and chill, bro commercials left me feeling so queasy that I couldn’t be moved by the optimism and mild defiance of an elaborate Bad Bunny production that lightly touched on the power of community.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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Arsenal, like Chelsea and City, have that horrible Wednesday-Saturday-Tuesday schedule to contend with.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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At this point, however, this news is neither insignificant nor horrible.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Anaheim Ducks’ captain took out the left leg of Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews with a knee-on-knee hit during the second period Thursday night, one of the uglier hits of the 2025-26 season.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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But as the film quietly signals, a society’s obscenities are not aberrations, only parts of an ugly chapter in a long history.—
Michael Snyder,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, in the middle of the nation’s public transit capital, the same engineers want to expand the shadow of the Cross Bronx, using maintenance and safety standards as convenient covers while further dividing and sickening communities.—
Gustavo Rivera,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Nothing feels worse than the sickening realization that your good intentions harmed the beautiful birds in your yard.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Mar. 2026
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Because the motor is electric and the foil does most of the work, the noise, the churn, the fumes – the whole obnoxious package that defines traditional personal watercraft – are largely gone.—
Omar Kardoudi
March 11,
New Atlas,
11 Mar. 2026
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But there was the Transformers actor, with his tattoos and pirate beard, behaving like the obnoxious guy at the bar who spoils everybody else’s night, getting into a fight, then continuing to party the next day after his high-profile arrest.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Nauseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseous. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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