to turn one's stomach

Examples

• All

• The sight of it turned Giselle's stomach.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The smell of sputtering grease turned her stomach.

  Fiction book (2000)

• - This is beginning to turn my stomach.

  The Laughing Policeman (1973)

• That just turns my stomach.

  How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)

• I think nothing has turned my stomach so much in recent years as reading that piece.

  2016: Obama's America (2012)

• Even the smell of beer was usually enough to turn her stomach.

  Fiction book (1995)

• What I saw turned my stomach.

  Academic text (2011)

• It's enough to turn your stomach, though, I assure you.

  Blog text (9)

• I'm sorry, but reading this turns my stomach and makes me incredibly sad for your daughter.

  Blog text (17)

• The thought of eating snails always turns my stomach.

Synonyms

T

to turn off

vsto turn one's stomach

• Informal

104 4.4

To make someone feel strong dislike

involves causing actual nausea or physical disgust rather than mere dislike

D

to disgust

vsto turn one's stomach

44 2.1

To make someone feel strong dislike and sick because something is offensive

adds a physical nausea element beyond mere moral or emotional revulsion

G

to gross out

vsto turn one's stomach

• Informal

31 7.3

Make someone feel disgusted or sick

refers specifically to causing physical nausea or deep disgust

H

to horrify

vsto turn one's stomach

13 4.3

Make someone feel very shocked, afraid, or disgusted

centres on provoking physical nausea rather than chiefly shock or fear

M

to make someone's skin crawl

vsto turn one's stomach

• Informal

10 7.4

Cause a strong feeling of fear or disgust with a creepy physical feeling

centres on making someone feel nauseous rather than only unsettled

R

to revolt

vsto turn one's stomach

4 5.3

Make someone feel strong disgust or moral horror

is about provoking nausea or physical sickness rather than moral judgement

R

to repel

vsto turn one's stomach

4 5.1

Cause someone to feel strong dislike or disgust

specifically produces nausea or physical revulsion rather than general dislike

N

to nauseate

vsto turn one's stomach

3 6.9

To make someone feel sick or disgusted

causes physical nausea specifically instead of only emotional dislike

S

to sicken

vsto turn one's stomach

2 4.1

Make someone feel physically ill or upset

focuses on causing nausea or disgust rather than general upset

C

to churn up

vsto turn one's stomach

• Informal

1 7.3

Make people feel strong disgust or moral upset

focuses more on causing physical nausea than on moral offence

R

to revulse

vsto turn one's stomach

1 9.3

Make someone feel sudden shock or disgust

more narrowly involves making someone feel physically sick or disgusted

M

to make someone gyppy

vsto turn one's stomach

• Archaic

9.9

Give someone a sick feeling in the stomach after eating or drinking

causes physical nausea or disgust rather than only temporary upset

Antonyms

P

to please

372 1.0

To make someone happy or satisfied

C

to comfort

172 1.0

To make someone feel less upset or in pain

How Nauseating

to sicken

2 4.1

to turn one's stomach

1 7.0

to disgust

44 2.1

to put off

54 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology