nauseous
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈnɔːʒəs/
- She was nauseous during the long car trip, especially on the winding roads.
- make someone nauseous
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Watch on YouTubeWhat's worse than feeling nauseous all day long?
- What's worse than feeling nauseous all day long?
- I'm worried about when I'm going to get pregnant because feeling nauseous is horrible.
- Oh, I feel a little nauseous, but I set a goal and I accomplished it.
- So when I start heading home from the airport, I get nauseous in the backseat on my phone for too long.
- OK, Don't blame me if you watch one of these simulations and get very nauseous.
- I found when I would take my prenatals during the day, they would get me nauseous.
- Because tomorrow I got to do the again, man, Whatever this is that made me nauseous and sick to my stomach.
- excited it's snowing outside, little bit nauseous. Probably cause I've been slept well
- If snacking regularly when I'm pregnant helps me, you know, feel less nauseous, little seaweed snacks.
Examples
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Anyway, Sarah has a condition where she gets nauseous at the slightest smell and sight of certain foods.
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Listening to the roller coaster ride descriptions always makes me feel nauseous.
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God, I still get nauseous before I have to go out there.
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But he started to feel nauseous on the way back.
Fiction book (1996) -
What's worse than feeling nauseous all day long?
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I'm feeling a little nauseous!
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Nearly everybody got nauseous during their first few hours in weightlessness.
Fiction book (2001) -
It seemed to go perfectly, but then... he started to feel nauseous on the way back.
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The rocking of the small boat and the smell of fish had made her nauseous.
Fiction book (1999) -
After eating that old pizza, I felt nauseous and had to sit down.
Synonyms
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4.1
Feeling sick and likely to throw up
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1.0
Feeling like you might throw up
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4.5
Feeling sick and likely to vomit
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6.7
Slightly ill in the stomach and likely to throw up
1
8.9
Feeling like you will throw up or making someone feel like that
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9.9
Feeling slightly sick or disgusted after seeing something unpleasant
Feeling like you are about to throw up
Antonyms
How Nauseous
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Morphology
Etymology
The word nauseous comes from the Greek nausia, which meant 'seasickness' and came from a word for 'ship', the same idea behind nautical and astronaut. So nauseous originally described the sick feeling on a rocking boat, and today it means 'feeling as if you will vomit'.