nauseatingly
3
7.0
- adverb
- /ˈnɔːziˌeɪtɪŋli/
:
nauseantemente
- In the Anglo countries, signals are nauseatingly dismal.
- nauseatingly sweet
Examples
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They still fought amongst themselves, but in their dealings with Yat Ho, they were almost nauseatingly friendly.
Fiction book (1994) -
It was nauseatingly sweet, but better than the smell of mother.
Fiction book (1995) -
Oh right, the purpose here is to be nauseatingly positive...
Blog text (30) -
All too many of those are just nauseatingly ignorant and fractally wrong.
Blog text (16) -
That, IMO, was monstrously perverse, nauseatingly European, and totally ridiculous.
Blog text (20) -
In The Pirate's Pleasure, Rose was the nauseatingly sweet maiden who won the love of the tormented Florian, freeing him from the grasp of the evil Lady of the Sea.
Fiction book (1992) -
Besides inheriting great wealth, Cedric Errol in Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy is nauseatingly blameless.
Academic text (2001) -
You could say that Leopold was worse because he should have known better—did, in fact, since he disguised himself with a lavish dose of nauseatingly humanitarian propaganda.
Blog text (6) -
The movie was filled with nauseatingly graphic scenes that made many viewers feel sick.
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He described the event in such nauseatingly sweet detail that it left everyone rolling their eyes.
Synonyms
126
3.5
In a very bad or shocking way
18
4.4
Shows that something is very bad, unpleasant, or extreme
13
4.8
In a way that makes you feel sick or upset
6
5.5
In a very bad or extreme way
6
6.8
Makes people feel shocked or disgusted
5
2.7
In a way that makes you feel bad or uncomfortable
4
7.3
In a way that makes you feel disgusted or want to throw up
1
7.0
In a very bad and unpleasant way
1
7.4
In a very bad or shocking way
1
7.7
In a way that causes strong disgust
1
7.2
In a way that causes strong disgust or dislike
1
8.2
In a very cruel and unfair way
In a way that makes you feel sick or disgusted
In a way that makes people feel very disgusted or angry
In an unpleasant way, often because it tastes bad or is hard to accept
In a sharp, unpleasant way that makes your nose or throat sting
In a way that smells very bad
Antonyms
How Nauseating
Surface Forms
Morphology
nauseatingly = nauseating (transparent) = nauseate + ing + ly
The adverb is formed by the regular addition of '-ly' to the adjective 'nauseating', a standard and predictable process.
Etymology
Nauseatingly comes from nausea, an old word that meant 'sea-sickness', and it is from the same root as nautical ('about ships'). So, something done nauseatingly 'makes you feel sick' or very disgusted.