nauseous
adjective
- Feeling stomachache
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːziːəs/ / /ˈnɔːsiːəs/ / /ˈnɔʃəs/
adj
Etymology: From Latin nauseōsus (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to nausea + -ous.
- 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 …”