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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nau•seous /ˈnɔʃəs, -ziəs/USA pronunciation adj. - Pathologyaffected with nausea or disgust:I feel nauseous.
- Pathologycausing nausea or disgust:a nauseous smell.
nau•seous•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nau•seous (nô′shəs, -zē əs),USA pronunciation adj. - Pathologyaffected with nausea;
nauseated:to feel nauseous. - Pathologycausing nausea;
sickening;
nauseating. - disgusting;
loathsome:a nauseous display of greed.
- Latin nauseōsus. See nausea, -ous
- 1595–1605
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged revolting, nasty, repellent, abhorrent, detestable, despicable, offensive.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged delightful.
The two literal senses of nauseous, "causing nausea'' (a nauseous smell) and "affected with nausea'' (to feel nauseous), appear in English at almost the same time in the early 17th century, and both senses are in standard use at the present time. Nauseous is more common than nauseated in the sense "affected with nausea,'' despite recent objections by those who imagine the sense to be new. In the sense "causing nausea,'' either literally or figuratively, nauseating has become more common than nauseous:a nauseating smell. |