disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
(verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; “The pornographic pictures sickened us”
sicken, nauseate, turn one's stomach
(verb) upset and make nauseated; “The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman’s stomach”; “The mold on the food sickened the diners”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nauseate (third-person singular simple present nauseates, present participle nauseating, simple past and past participle nauseated)
(transitive) To cause nausea in.
(transitive) To disgust.
(intransitive) To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
(obsolete, transitive) To reject or spit (something) out because it causes a feeling of nausea.
(obsolete, transitive, figurative) To be disgusted by (something).
• disgust
• make sick
• offend
• repel
• repulse
• revolt
• sicken
Source: Wiktionary
Nau"se*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Nauseated; p. pr. & vb. n. Nauseating.] Etym: [L. nauseare, nauseatum, fr. nausea. See Nausea.]
Definition: To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
Nau"se*ate, v. t.
1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust.
2. To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe. The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods. Blackmore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2024
(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
