nauseous
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
nauseous (comparative more nauseous, superlative most nauseous)
- Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
- And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
- (sometimes proscribed) Afflicted with nausea; sick.
- 1848, Samuel Hahnemann, The Chronic Diseases, Their Specific Nature and Their Homeopathic Treatment: Antipsoric Remedies, Volume 2:
- After he had scarcely eaten enough, he felt nauseous; but nausea ceased as soon as he stopped eating entirely, …
- 1878, The North American Journal of Homeopathy, Volume 27:
- […] during stretching the patient felt nauseous …
- 2010, Tom Smith, The Guardian, 4 Sep 2010:
- Is it a myth that you shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics? I often do and haven't felt remotely nauseous.
- 1848, Samuel Hahnemann, The Chronic Diseases, Their Specific Nature and Their Homeopathic Treatment: Antipsoric Remedies, Volume 2:
Synonyms
- nauseating - causing disgust rather than nausea
Translations
causing nausea
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afflicted with nausea
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