nauseous

adjective

ˈnȯ-shəs How to pronounce nauseous (audio)
Definition of nauseousnext
1
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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2
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 Tsvyk immediately felt nauseous and vomited on the floor after eating the dessert. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026 Mel initially thought her sister might have been pranking her before becoming nauseous at the thought that her own brother was behind the murders of four college students. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 4 Jan. 2026 That is, until one day, when Blanca began feeling unusually emotional and nauseous. — Ronnie Li, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025 Flying can sometimes make people feel uneasy or nauseous. — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nauseous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseous
  1. sick
  2. disgusting
  3. queasy
  4. awful
  5. horrible
  6. ugly
  7. sickening
  8. obnoxious
Adjective
  • Lake Jesup, one of Central Florida’s largest water bodies, is also one of its sickest.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
  • What To Do Now Just washing produce doesn’t typically get rid of cyclospora, so the best way to avoid getting sick is to avoid food that could’ve been contaminated.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 17 July 2026
Definition of sick
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  • This is beyond disgusting, photos like this should be private.
    — StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 24 July 2026
  • His shirt was soaked down below his collarbones, clingy and disgusting.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
Definition of disgusting
Adjective
  • The presence of his mom Gabrielle/Sophia (Jennifer Ehle, going a little overboard with the accent) serves as a distraction and brings up some queasy stuff.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • The Professor continued, oblivious to my queasy sense of déjà vu.
    — Eric Ries, Fortune, 26 May 2026
Definition of queasy
Adjective
  • Torres – one of Barcelona’s key men up front – had been having an awful tournament, missing a plethora of chances throughout Spain’s campaign and being benched after starting against Cape Verde.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • In a clearing in the forest, his younger selves sit at a long table with the abbott, who is wearing the final boss of season three’s awful wigs.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
Definition of awful
Adjective
  • My husband holds the pamphlet close to his face in bed the next morning, my light creating a horrible glare on the glossy paper.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • The family wants to have accountability for this horrible crime.
    — Eric Shawn, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of horrible
Adjective
  • The deals defined one of the ugliest chapters of Russia’s transition to capitalism in the 1990s.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • Leaders must be grounded in self-awareness and their influence, leaning into emotional intelligence and humility; recognizing that different styles shape how people show up amid many influences, good, bad and ugly.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of ugly
Adjective
  • To defile the legacy of his family and that family name is sickening, and turns my stomach.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026
  • The 2022 spill was the largest ever from the Keystone pipeline, killing or sickening 2,700 animals.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Definition of sickening
Adjective
  • Lonnie is loud, obnoxious, and vulgar in ways that rankle traditional golfers.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 July 2026
  • And, for all the theater of the hearing and Wyper’s expressions of sympathy with aldermen, the Stonepeak executive didn’t offer any meaningful concessions to make this obnoxious meter deal more palatable for Chicagoans.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Definition of obnoxious

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