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nauseous

adjective

  1. Feeling stomachache
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːziːəs/ / /ˈnɔːsiːəs/ / /ˈnɔʃəs/

adj

Etymology: From Latin nauseōsus (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to nausea + -ous.

  1. 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.

  2. Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish.
  3. 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 …