nauseate
VerbUS[naw-zee-eyt]/ˈnɔziˌeɪt/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (2)nauseated, nauseating
- upset and make nauseated“The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach”“The mold on the food sickened the diners”Synonyms: sickenturn one's stomachMore general disgust, gross out
- cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of“The pornographic pictures sickened us”Synonyms: disgustrevoltsickenchurn upMore general repel, repulseMore specific shock, offend
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Nau′se·ate intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Nauseated; present participle & verbal noun Nauseating.]
Origin: L. nauseare, nauseatum, fr. nausea. See Nausea.
To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
Nau′se·ate transitive verb
1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust.
2. To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe.
The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods.— Sir Richard Blackmore
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54