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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
Even a maestro of disgust could feel nauseous seeing his life work ranked.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Feeling tired and lethargic, nauseous, or lethargic.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2024
Fire Rescue and the Broward Sheriff’s Office Hazmat team arrived after some staff members reported feeling nauseous, according to Tara Smith, a spokesperson for Miramar Fire Rescue.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Feeling light-headed and nauseous, hospital staff performed an ultrasound that showed her baby's vitals were healthy, reassuring the mom.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Feeling tired and lethargic, nauseous, or lethargic.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2024
Fire Rescue and the Broward Sheriff’s Office Hazmat team arrived after some staff members reported feeling nauseous, according to Tara Smith, a spokesperson for Miramar Fire Rescue.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Feeling light-headed and nauseous, hospital staff performed an ultrasound that showed her baby's vitals were healthy, reassuring the mom.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseous
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Prater has a sick fascination with serial killers, collecting their trophies and even inviting the most notorious of them to gatherings at his mansion.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Today’s daily brief features the Texas governor ordering the arrest and expulsion of fleeing lawmakers, a video on the NYT weaponizing a sick toddler amid the starvation crisis in Gaza, and Israel is considering a plan to expand the war in Gaza.—
Armstrong Williams,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Aug. 2025
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Kruse and her co-conspirators are now on their fourth different set of lawyers in this dispute, and this is a disgusting publicity stunt by new counsel, as evidenced by the fact that the complaint and press release were sent to the press before the complaint was served.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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The series sets the various human and humanoid segments of its cast on a direct course with the distinctly inhuman alien flora and fauna on the ship – there are some inventive little monsters aboard, disgusting and harrowing in their own special ways – to great effect.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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That said, the pitching is in an awful place right now, though rookie Chase Dollander’s performance Monday night at St. Louis was heartening.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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This man has saved countless kids from being groomed, has raised awareness to millions about these condo games and the awful things pedophiles will do to get their hands on children, and he's comforted people literally just like me who've gone through the exact thing.—
Jill Duffy,
PC Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
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Stomach-churning violence and queasy conversations are scattered regularly enough to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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That queasy feeling about the Miami Dolphins’ offensive line is re-surfacing.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Aug. 2025
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Soroka is a combined 3-18 with a 4.81 ERA the last two seasons with the White Sox and Nationals, two horrible teams.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Xenomorphs in their various forms show up early and semi-often, along with several new beasts with their own deliciously horrible ways of killing.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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The brazen and aggressive manhandling of Senator Padilla by the Trump administration is a sickening disgrace.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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The practice is one of a sickening array of battlefield mistreatments recorded on video either by Ukrainian surveillance drones or Russian servicemen and then circulated on social media.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
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The Navy must address the ugly fact that, despite all the security America can provide, a diverse array of enemies, rivals and criminals can shut the Panama Canal down at virtually any time.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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In the ugliest defeat of a season belatedly compiling them, the New York Mets blew an early 6-0 lead Wednesday to fall to the Atlanta Braves 11-6.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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The last two decades spent without a Devil Wears Prada sequel started to feel a little bit like enduring a 20-year hideous skirt convention.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 July 2025
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Friday’s opening hours were hideous as the sellers from Thursday finished.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
27 July 2025
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“Nauseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseous. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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