NAUSEOUS | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of nauseous in English nauseousadjective uk /ˈnɔː.zi.əs/ /ˈnɔːʒəs/ us /ˈnɑː.ʃəs/ Add to word list Add to word list feeling as if you might vomit: Roller coasters make me feel nauseous. UK formal making you feel as if you might vomit: the nauseous smell of rotting fleshhumorous The bride's mother was wearing a nauseous (= extremely unattractive) combination of green and yellow. Vomiting & feelings of sickness

• airsick
• airsickness
• bring
• bring someone up phrasal verb
• carsick
• carsickness
• dry heave
• morning sickness
• nauseate
• nauseatingly
• puke
• seasickness
• sick bag
• sick something up phrasal verb
• sick to your stomach idiom
• sick-making
• sickeningly
• travel sickness
• vomit
• woozy

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nauseous | American Dictionary

nauseousadjective us /ˈnɔ·ʃəs, ˈnɔ·zi·əs/ Add to word list Add to word list feeling that you are likely to vomit, or causing this feeling: He felt nauseous and dehydrated. unpleasant, nauseous odors (Definition of nauseous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of nauseous

nauseous The pain was such a sharp strong pain it made him feel nauseous. From the Cambridge English Corpus I'm sick of the nauseous mess. From the Cambridge English Corpus We are faced with a piece of nauseous and craven party pleading. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The sanitary arrangements on the trains are nauseous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One feels fluey, tired and nauseous and wants to lie down and sleep. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The word "adhering", which has been so often quoted, is nauseous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The bulk of these cases will be nauseous to all the magistrates before whom they are brought. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My own party has accused me of this so many times in my lifetime that it is becoming almost nauseous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Together they are as nauseous a prescription as has ever been administered to the masses of the people of this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Other gas tests, he says, left him nauseous, dizzy and weak at the knees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No man, indeed, is better able to sugar the nauseous draught or coat the bitter pill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are prepared to swallow anything, and they do not care how nauseous they make it for us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find the discrimination nauseous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No man in his own home has the right to carry out chemical experiments and to pour nauseous and corrosive fumes over the homes of his neighbours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The ' nauseous subject ' of exorcism was a source of particular embarrassment. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of nauseous These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of nauseous?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 感到噁心的，想嘔吐的, 令人噁心的，令人作嘔的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 感到恶心的，想呕吐的, 令人恶心的，让人作呕的… See more in Spanish mareado, con náuseas, con náuseas [singular]… See more in Portuguese nauseabundo, nauseado/-da… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Polish in Norwegian in Korean in Italian 吐き気を催す, 吐（は）き気（け）がする… See more midesi bulanan, mide bulandırıcı… See more nauséeux/-euse, qui a la nausée… See more nauseabund… See more mdlący, przyprawiający o mdłości, obrzydliwy… See more kvalm… See more 메스꺼운… See more nauseato… See more Need a translator?

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