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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
Adjective
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In 2014, the federal government also granted her permission to leave and re-enter the country to visit a sick family member in Mexico.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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In other words, routinely overloading on MSG (or feeling abnormally sick afterward) isn’t a viable concern for most people.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
23 Feb. 2026
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Just last week the president tweeted a vile and disgusting image of President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, and refuses to apologize.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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So the disgusting attempt to rewrite history – won’t help.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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Whatever’s awful right now is legit awful.—
Sarah Hepola,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Regardless of how embarrassing, personal, awful, unacceptable things are.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 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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These details feel very Fennell: excessive, knowing, faintly queasy.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds Brentford vs Brighton Brighton are playing better than a horrible run of results — one win, six draws, and six defeats in their last 13 Premier League games — suggests.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Probably one of the scenes where Stephen does horrible things to women.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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In more ways than one, this war has mutated into an ugly numbers game.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The artist has described herself as a black hole where people can dump their feelings, but her music moves beyond ugly emotions toward catharsis.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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At the bottom of the Olympia delle Tofane slope, in the grandstands about 2,000 feet below, there was nothing but a sickening silence after Vonn’s crash.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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The rest of us could only imagine Randall’s sickening embarrassment at needing to testify at the trial.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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By and large, Kenny comes off as a nice guy, if not a smidge obnoxious.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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When an obnoxious influencer (Zach Galifianakis, delightfully punchable) dies in a freak accident at her gallery, Polina decides to pass off his corpse as an exhibition centerpiece.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Nauseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseous. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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