adj
Meaning 1
Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nauseous
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Afflicted with nausea; sick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
causing or able to cause nausea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nauseating, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin nauseōsus (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to nausea + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: причиняващ гадене (pričinjavašt gadene) — causing nausea
- Dutch: misselijkmakend — causing nausea
- Esperanto: naŭza — causing nausea
- Finnish: etova — causing nausea
- Finnish: kuvottava — causing nausea
- French: nauséabond — causing nausea
- German: widerlich — causing nausea
- German: Übelkeit erregend — causing nausea
- German: Brechreiz fördernd — causing nausea
- German: ekelerregend — causing nausea
- Hungarian: émelyítő — causing nausea
- Norwegian Bokmål: kvalmende — causing nausea
- Russian: тошнотво́рный (tošnotvórnyj) — causing nausea
- Russian: отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) — causing nausea
- Spanish: nauseabundo — causing nausea
- Spanish: nauseoso — causing nausea
- Swedish: kväljande — causing nausea
- Ukrainian: нудо́тний (nudótnyj) — causing nausea
- Dutch: misselijk — afflicted with nausea
- Finnish: pahoinvoiva — afflicted with nausea
- French: nauséeux — afflicted with nausea
- Hungarian: émelyeg — afflicted with nausea
- Hungarian: émelygő — afflicted with nausea
- Irish: adhascaideach — afflicted with nausea
- Italian: nauseabondo — afflicted with nausea
- Māori: hiaruaki — afflicted with nausea
- Norwegian Bokmål: kvalm — afflicted with nausea
- Old English: wlǣtian (to be nauseous) — afflicted with nausea
- Polish: mający mdłości — afflicted with nausea
- Polish: mający nudności — afflicted with nausea
- Portuguese: enjoado — afflicted with nausea
- Spanish: nauseabundo — afflicted with nausea
- Spanish: con náusea — afflicted with nausea
- Spanish: con náuseas — afflicted with nausea
- Spanish: sentir náusea — afflicted with nausea
- Spanish: sentir náuseas — afflicted with nausea
- Swedish: illamående — afflicted with nausea