Nauseous
['nɔːsɪəs;-z-] or ['nɔʃəs]
Definition
(a.) Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine.
Editor: Luke
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Disgusting, loathsome, nauseating, sickening, revolting, repulsive, distasteful, offensive, abominable, foul.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Loathsome, sickening, disgusting,[See ABOMINABLE]
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Examples
- I am sure we are constantly hearing, ma'am, till it becomes quite nauseous, concerning their wives and families,' said Bitzer. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- And the sound of her taking her breath in the word, was nauseous to him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A third observed, As soon as it is dark enough to need artificial light, you turn the thumb-screw and the light is there; no nauseous smell, no flicker, no glare. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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