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nauseating

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Causing a feeling of nausea; disgusting and revolting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nauseous

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of nauseate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

causing or able to cause nausea

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a nauseating smell
  • nauseous offal
  • a sickening stench

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: nauseabund — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Esperanto: naŭza — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Finnish: ällöttävä — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Finnish: kuvottava — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Finnish: oksettava — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • French: gerbant — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • French: écœurant — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Galician: vomitivo — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • German: ekelerregend — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • German: widerwärtig — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • German: Brechreiz verursachend — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Ancient Greek: ναυτιώδης (nautiṓdēs) — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Irish: múisciúil — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Irish: samhnasach — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Persian: چندشناک (čendešnāk) — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Portuguese: nauseante — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Russian: отвратительный (otvratitelʹnyj) — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Russian: проти́вный (protívnyj) — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Spanish: nauseabundo — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Spanish: nauseante — causing disgust, revulsion or loathing
  • Catalan: nauseabund — causing nausea
  • Esperanto: naŭza — causing nausea
  • Finnish: etova — causing nausea
  • Finnish: oksettava — causing nausea
  • Galician: vomitivo — causing nausea
  • Ancient Greek: ναυτιώδης (nautiṓdēs) — causing nausea
  • Irish: múisciúil — causing nausea
  • Irish: samhnasach — causing nausea
  • Russian: тошнотворный (tošnotvornyj) — causing nausea
  • Spanish: nauseabundo — causing nausea
  • Spanish: nauseante — causing nausea
  • Ukrainian: нудо́тний (nudótnyj) — causing nausea