# nauseate

Pronunciation: say "NAW-zee-ayt" /ˈnɔziˌeɪt/

## Verb

1. To cause someone to feel nausea, the queasy feeling of being about to vomit.
   - Simple: To make someone feel sick in the stomach, as if they might throw up.
   - _Some of these pain medicines nauseate patients if they are taken on an empty stomach._
   - _The diesel fumes in the ferry's lower deck nauseated several passengers._
2. To fill someone with disgust.
   - Simple: To make someone feel strong disgust, so that they want to turn away.
   - _Endless self-promotion on social media can nauseate even the most patient followers._
   - _The senator's hypocrisy nauseates voters who once trusted him._
3. To feel nausea or become squeamish, or to turn away in disgust.
   - Simple: To feel sick in the stomach, or to turn away because something seems nasty.
   - _Patients who nauseate after anesthesia are usually given medicine before surgery._
   - _The new nurse nauseated at the sight of the wound but stayed at the bedside._

## Verb

4. To be disgusted by a particular thing. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To feel disgust for something and find it sickening.
5. To reject or spit out something because it brings on a feeling of nausea. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To refuse something and spit it out because it makes you feel sick.

## Origin

From the earlier form nauseat, from Latin nauseātus ("nauseated"), the past participle of nauseō ("to feel seasick, nauseate"), from nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía), from ναῦς (naûs), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. It can also be read as nausea + -ate.

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