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单词 stomach-turning
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Definition of stomach-turning in English:

stomach-turning

adjective
  • Causing a feeling of nausea or disgust.

    large, stomach-turning photographs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Neighbours claim they have been living with "a stomach-turning smell" of sewage following a catastrophic leak in an empty house.
    • They've dealt with the stomach-turning mess, the wet insulation, and the dank smell that permeated their home in the days after the flood.
    • This machinery moves 30,000 pieces an hour, zipping them at high speeds around turns far tighter than those on even the most stomach-turning roller coaster.
    • In stomach-turning detail, he recalled some of the gruesome images that have haunted him for the past six years.
    • More earthquake rumbles follow, each ushering in even more layers of ungodly gorgeous sound and evoking a stomach-turning combination of fear and excitement.
    • The wickedly disgusting battle scenes proved as funny as they were stomach-turning.
    • Embalmer duties vary from distasteful to downright stomach-turning.
    • Jurors also saw several stomach-turning crime-scene photos, despite protests by the defense that the pictures were gratuitous.
    • Whether you are the guest or host, handling business over a meal does not have to be a stomach-turning experience.
    • The stomach-turning centre of the movie comes when she is aboard the plane, trying not to let anyone see how giddy and nauseous and terrified she is.
    • It is stomach-turning to realise that my parents, my pillars of strength and support, are victims of my wrongdoing.
    • Some demonstrators hand out "vomit bags" to the show's visitors, suggesting that the exhibition will prove stomach-turning.
    • We rounded a corner, and were confronted with some stomach-turning reality.
    Synonyms
    sickening, stomach-churning, nauseous, emetic, sickly
 
 

Definition of stomach-turning in US English:

stomach-turning

adjective
  • Causing a feeling of nausea or disgust.

    large, stomach-turning photographs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Jurors also saw several stomach-turning crime-scene photos, despite protests by the defense that the pictures were gratuitous.
    • They've dealt with the stomach-turning mess, the wet insulation, and the dank smell that permeated their home in the days after the flood.
    • This machinery moves 30,000 pieces an hour, zipping them at high speeds around turns far tighter than those on even the most stomach-turning roller coaster.
    • The wickedly disgusting battle scenes proved as funny as they were stomach-turning.
    • We rounded a corner, and were confronted with some stomach-turning reality.
    • More earthquake rumbles follow, each ushering in even more layers of ungodly gorgeous sound and evoking a stomach-turning combination of fear and excitement.
    • Neighbours claim they have been living with "a stomach-turning smell" of sewage following a catastrophic leak in an empty house.
    • It is stomach-turning to realise that my parents, my pillars of strength and support, are victims of my wrongdoing.
    • Whether you are the guest or host, handling business over a meal does not have to be a stomach-turning experience.
    • Some demonstrators hand out "vomit bags" to the show's visitors, suggesting that the exhibition will prove stomach-turning.
    • In stomach-turning detail, he recalled some of the gruesome images that have haunted him for the past six years.
    • Embalmer duties vary from distasteful to downright stomach-turning.
    • The stomach-turning centre of the movie comes when she is aboard the plane, trying not to let anyone see how giddy and nauseous and terrified she is.
    Synonyms
    sickening, stomach-churning, nauseous, emetic, sickly
 
 
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