nau·se·at·ing

[naw-zee-ey-ting, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-]
adjective
1.
causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
2.
such as to cause contempt, disgust, loathing, etc.: I had to listen to the whole nauseating story.

Origin:
1635–45; nauseate + -ing2

nau·se·at·ing·ly, adverb
un·nau·se·at·ing, adjective


See nauseous.
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nau·se·ate

[naw-zee-eyt, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-] verb, nau·se·at·ed, nau·se·at·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to affect with nausea; sicken.
2.
to cause to feel extreme disgust: His vicious behavior toward the dogs nauseates me.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become affected with nausea.

Origin:
1630–40; < Latin nauseātus (past participle of nauseāre to be seasick). See nausea, -ate1

un·nau·se·at·ed, adjective

nauseated, nauseous (see usage note at nauseous).


2. revolt.


2. attract, delight.


See nauseous.
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nauseate (ˈnɔːzɪˌeɪt, -sɪ-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  (tr) to arouse feelings of disgust or revulsion in
2.  to feel or cause to feel sick
 
'nauseating
 
adj
 
nause'ation
 
n
 
'nauseatingly
 
adv

nauseate (ˈnɔːzɪˌeɪt, -sɪ-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  (tr) to arouse feelings of disgust or revulsion in
2.  to feel or cause to feel sick
 
'nauseating
 
adj
 
nause'ation
 
n
 
'nauseatingly
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

nauseate
1640, "to feel sick, to become affected with nausea," from pp. stem of L. nauseare, see nausea. In its early life it also had transitive senses of "to reject (food, etc.) with a feeling of nausea" (1646) and "to create a loathing in" (1654). Careful writers use nauseated
for "sick at the stomach" and reserve nauseous (q.v.) for "sickening to contemplate."
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nauseate nau·se·ate (nô'zē-āt', -zhē-, -sē-, -shē-)
v. nau·se·at·ed, nau·se·at·ing, nau·se·ates
To feel or cause to feel nausea.

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After the bark was harvested it was allowed to age before use because the fresh
  bark is said to be nauseating.
We have been given another nauseating report that transit ridership is up.
The odor of hydrogen sulfide can be nauseating, causing those exposed to feel
  sick to their stomachs.
Some were mortifying and emitting a nauseating stench.
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