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nauseate

[naw-zee-eyt, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-]

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verb (used with object)

nauseated, nauseating

to affect with nausea; sicken.
The overwhelming smell of boiled cabbage nauseated them.
to cause to feel extreme disgust.
His vicious behavior toward the dogs nauseates me.
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verb (used without object)

nauseated, nauseating

to become affected with nausea.

nauseate

/ ˈnɔːzɪˌeɪt, -sɪ- /

verb

(tr) to arouse feelings of disgust or revulsion in
to feel or cause to feel sick

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Other Word Forms

ˈ�Բ��ܲ��ˌ��پ��Բ�� adverb
ˌ�Բ��ܲ��ˈ��پ��ǲ� noun
ˈ�Բ��ܲ��ˌ��پ��Բ� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nauseate¹

First recorded in 1630–40, nauseate is from the Latin word �Բ��ܲ��ٳܲ� (past participle of �Բ��ܲ�� “to be seasick”). See nausea, -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

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In the paper, they note something that sounds straight from a witch’s journal: “the strongest and most nauseating odor was observed towards midnight, attracting many flies, ants, moths and roaches.”

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Those numbers are nauseatingly similar to a typical MLM, in which the top 1 percent makes the same as the bottom 94 percent.

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It was a nauseating spectacle that went on for years.

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The wreckage left over — and the stark, nauseating images of it — have far more meaning than whatever beliefs any one side uses to justify this violence.

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Matt Gaetz faced the consequences for being one such nauseating twerp.

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When To Use

�� does��nauseate mean?

To nauseate means to cause nausea—a feeling of sickness in your stomach, as if you might vomit.The word nauseated is commonly used as an adjective to mean feeling nausea. The adjective nauseous is more commonly used to mean the same thing.The adjective nauseating means causing nausea (nauseous can also be used to mean this, but that’s much less common).The word nausea can also be used in a figurative way meaning a feeling of disgust, revulsion, or repulsion, and nauseate can mean to make someone feel this, meaning the same thing as the verb disgust, as in Their cruelty nauseates me. Much less commonly, nauseate can mean to become nauseous, as in I nauseate whenever I ride a rollercoaster. Example: I’m not sure what nauseated me more—the disgusting food or the server’s disgusting comments.

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