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
  • People without risk factors generally do not get sick or display symptoms from Candida auris.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The river boat passenger had become sick and disembarked nearly three weeks ago in Pimu, in the province of Mongala, more than 1,000 kilometers from Kinshasa along the Congo River, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said on Thursday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of sick
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  • In a series distinguished by copious disgusting battle scenes, Ormund co-stars in one of its very grossest—a gross-on-gross-on-gross flambé—and almost gets in one last barf.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • His central characters can be nasty, disgusting, violent, hysterically cruel, and passionately consumed.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 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
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  • The battle sequences in this finale are awful, elaborate, and grotesque, especially Ormund using children as human shields and Daemon burning them alive.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • So, what does this mean for the markets, and us bystanders, in this awful situation?
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of awful
Adjective
  • After years of seeing enough photos of fabulous wealth and horrible tragedy, these types of images cease to shock us.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
  • But the horrible jobs data suggests the central bank may have to think about weakening consumer spending as well.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of horrible
Adjective
  • But, at the heart of it is what appears to be a very ugly feud between two public servants.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Damage goes deep Friday’s loss followed a much uglier version of the same problem.
    — Tyler M. Carmona, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of ugly
Adjective
  • As health officials pointed to a Mexican processing plant run by Taylor Farms as the source of a parasite sickening Americans, the giant produce company rushed to defend itself.
    — Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The vote followed roughly six hours of emotional testimony from dozens of residents from across southeast Los Angeles County who pleaded for the air district to take action to require Lineage to do more to suppress sickening odors.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of sickening
Adjective
  • Stuff like Caitlin Clark getting mugged with no foul being called, or Sophie Cunningham pointing at some obnoxious player, or ESPN drooling over a coach wearing a pro-trans shirt.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the running frenemy dynamic between senior trooper Thorny (Chandrasekhar) and his coarse, obnoxious colleague Farva (Kevin Heffernan) takes more strain than usual when Farva becomes engaged to Thorny’s sister Sarita (Hannah Simone).
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of obnoxious

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