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nauseate

verb
SayNAW-zee-ayt/ˈnɔziˌeɪt/

Formsnauseates, nauseating, nauseated

5 meanings of nauseate

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  1. 1
    verbtransitive
    To make someone feel sick in the stomach, as if they might throw up.

    Strong smells like gas and paint nauseate my mom.

    The bumpy bus ride nauseated half the kids in the class.

    Similarsicken

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  2. 2
    verbtransitive
    To make someone feel strong disgust, so that they want to turn away.

    The way he treats his dog would nauseate anyone.

    Her fake smiles nauseated everyone at the party.

    Similardisgust, sicken, revolt, repel, repulse

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  3. 3
    verbintransitive
    To feel sick in the stomach, or to turn away because something seems nasty.

    Some people nauseate easily on long car trips.

    He started to nauseate as soon as the boat left the dock.

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Less common meanings

  1. 4
    verbobsoletefigurativelytransitive
    To feel disgust for something and find it sickening.
    Old Age, with silent pace, comes creeping on, Nauseates the Praise, which in her Youth she won, And hates the Muse by which she was undone.
    1692, “The Seventh Satyr”, in Charles DrydenHere, Nauseates means feels disgust for, finding the praise sickening.
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  2. 5
    verbobsoletetransitive
    To refuse something and spit it out because it makes you feel sick.
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Origin

From Latin nauseō, "to feel seasick", which comes from nausea, a word that goes back to Ancient Greek.