NAUSEOUS

nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish

(adjective) feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile

(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

nauseous (comparative more nauseous, superlative most nauseous)

Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.

(sometimes, proscribed) Afflicted with nausea; sick.

Synonyms

• nauseating - causing disgust rather than nausea

Source: Wiktionary


Nau"seous, a. Etym: [L. nauseosus.]

Definition: Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine.

– Nau"seous*ly, adv.

– Nau"seous*ness, n. The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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