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单词 nauseousness
释义

nauseous

adjective

nau·​seous ˈnȯ-shəs How to pronounce nauseous (audio) ˈnȯ-zē-əs How to pronounce nauseous (audio)
1
: causing nausea or disgust : nauseating
the nauseous smell of rotting garbage
2
: affected with nausea or disgust
When the medication makes her tired and nauseous, she works at home instead of going to the office. Jane E. Brody
nauseously adverb
nauseousness noun

Synonyms

  • ill
  • nauseated
  • qualmish
  • queasy
  • queazy
  • queer
  • queerish
  • sick
  • sickish
  • squeamish
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Example Sentences

She looked slightly nauseous, as though she had just watched someone being sick. However, when she drew out her wand and pointed it at Barty Crouch, her hand was quite steady. J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000 She unleashed, too, an olfactory effect of such nauseous potency as to make him gag and retch. Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses, 1989 Personally, I think that writing must be a bit like pregnancy: It begins with a microscopic idea that with time grows and takes shape and comes alive. And often, when I get up in the morning and look at what I wrote the night before, sure enough—I become nauseous. Mike Nichols, Life and other ways to kill time, 1988 Ermyn didn't take sugar, but she sipped the nauseous solution bravely, incapable of rebuffing a kindness. Alice Thomas Ellis, The Sin Eater, 1977 The smell of gasoline makes me nauseous. I began to feel nauseous. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Oh no, Anne’s sister-in-law Louisa, who is actually nice, is falling for Wentworth, and Anne is clearly nauseous about it. Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 July 2022 Burness started feeling stomach cramps and her 12-year-old daughter became nauseous not long after. Audrey Mcavoy, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Dec. 2021 After months of feeling increasingly nauseous, unable to keep his food down, Duran decided to go on a bike ride. Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2022 Is anyone else getting slightly nauseous watching Harry spin on a moving platform? Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2022 Some less obvious signs include feeling fatigued, moody, or nauseous. SELF, 11 Feb. 2022 That sort of like nauseous feeling, headache-y, dizzy, where you absolutely are incapacitated. Steve Baltin, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021 Lauren Wright remembers her skin peeling, feeling nauseous and vomiting. Audrey Mcavoy, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Feb. 2022 More healthcare professionals are noticing an influx of COVID-19 patients reporting feeling nauseous and queasy or have uncontrollably vomiting as a primary symptom. Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 15 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

see nausea

First Known Use

1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

nauseous

adjective

nau·​seous ˈnȯ-shəs How to pronounce nauseous (audio)
ˈnȯ-zē-əs
1
: suffering from nausea
2
: causing nausea
a nauseous smell

Medical Definition

nauseous

adjective

nau·​seous ˈnȯ-shəs How to pronounce nauseous (audio) ˈnȯ-zē-əs How to pronounce nauseous (audio)
1
: causing nausea
2
: affected with nausea

nauseousness

noun

as in nausea
a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting the nervousness I experienced before getting on the roller coaster paled in comparison to the nauseousness I suffered soon afterwards

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • nausea
  • sickness
  • queasiness
  • queerness
  • squeamishness
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  • qualm
  • motion sickness
  • qualmishness
  • mountain sickness
  • altitude sickness
  • car sickness
  • morning sickness
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