nauseous

Etymology

From Latin nauseōsus (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to nausea + -ous.

adj

  1. Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
    [T]he Italians grossness of Conversation is still very offensive & nauseous, tho' long accustomed to it. 27 June 1786, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana
    And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial? 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I
  2. (obsolete) Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish.
  3. (sometimes proscribed) Afflicted with nausea; sick.
    After he had scarcely eaten enough, he felt nauseous; but nausea ceased as soon as he stopped eating entirely, … 1848, Samuel Hahnemann, The Chronic Diseases, Their Specific Nature and Their Homeopathic Treatment: Antipsoric Remedies, Volume 2
    […] during stretching the patient felt nauseous … 1878, The North American Journal of Homeopathy, Volume 27
    Is it a myth that you shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics? I often do and haven't felt remotely nauseous. 4 Sep 2010, Tom Smith, The Guardian

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