nauseous

UK /ˈnɔːziːəs/ US /ˈnɔʃəs/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

all, guilty, kind, little, long, martial, offensive, still

VERB + NAUSEOUS

am, feel, feeling, feels, felt, get, getting, got

NAUSEOUS + NOUN

epigrams, fleer, i'm

PREP.

on, with

ADV.

ever

Definitions

adj

Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.

[…] And flattery tipt with nauseous fleer, And guilty shame, and servile fear, Envy, and cruelty, and pride, Will in your tainted heart preside.

[T]he Italians grossness of Conversation is still very offensive & nauseous, tho' long accustomed to it.

Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish.

Afflicted with nausea; sick.

After he had scarcely eaten enough, he felt nauseous; but nausea ceased as soon as he stopped eating entirely, …

[…] during stretching the patient felt nauseous …

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — feeling nausea

nauseated
queasy
sick
sickish

adjective — causing or able to cause nausea

nauseating
noisome
queasy
loathsome
offensive
sickening
vile

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

[…] And flattery tipt with nauseous fleer, And guilty shame, and servile fear, Envy, and cruelty, and pride, Will in your tainted heart preside.

Wiktionary

[T]he Italians grossness of Conversation is still very offensive & nauseous, tho' long accustomed to it.

Wiktionary

And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?

Wiktionary

The smell of macaroni and cheese makes me nauseous.

Tatoeba · #566093

I feel a little nauseous, but I'm unable to throw up.

Tatoeba · #1159732

I'm getting nauseous.

Tatoeba · #1390459

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, nauseous is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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