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nauseate

[naw-zee-eyt, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-] / ˈnɔ ziˌeɪt, -ʒi-, -si-, -ʃi- /


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What can I say to make my family understand how much their stories nauseate me?

From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2021

“Real Time with Bill Maher” acts as a sounding board for its admittedly clever host, who can often amuse, enlighten and nauseate in the same string of sentences.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2019

The sight of Stanton in pinstripes will delight and nauseate many.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2017

The prerelease build of Obduction I tried in the Oculus Rift didn’t nauseate me, although it suffered from the occasional frame rate drop — one of the issues Cyan is still ironing out.

From The Verge ● Sep. 10, 2016

He was afraid that it might nauseate him and he would vomit and lose his strength.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

He is, in other words, an almost nauseatingly successful prospect in a sport that more often nauseates once-successful prospects for years before they find their way.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2023

That, obviously, nauseates moderates, who’d prefer something that’s either half of that or lower.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2021

“But its reality has become so overwhelming that it kind of nauseates me,” she said.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 24, 2018

McKay’s book, Du Bois wrote, “for the most part nauseates me, and after the dirtier parts of its filth I feel distinctly like taking a bath.”

From New York Times ● May 3, 2015

The idea of this little girl under a simulation nauseates me.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

I sidled up to the bar with happy hour in full swing, feeling a little nauseated from the heat and mileage.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

By the end, both of us felt slightly nauseated, though not by the food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

People who were nauseated by the drugs were more likely to report increased food waste.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024

The effect can be vertiginous—so the way people avoid being nauseated is by trying to ignore the dissonance.

From Salon ● May 29, 2024

Remembering how many injuries I had sustained — and inflicted — playing volleyball, I felt faintly nauseated.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

A cloud of smoke hung over the town of Ille-sur-Tet, where residents described the nauseating smell of burning.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

The floor was so grubby that the thought of sitting anywhere on it was nauseating — and regardless, the lanes were now too dark for reading, lit primarily by bright neon stripes and squiggles.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

Even a day later, contemplating this willfully nauseating work carries much the same sensation as having ingested a plate of bad clams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

It was infested with rats and cockroaches, and smelt "nauseating".

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

I glanced at Sahil, a hot, liquidy feeling of utter humiliation rolling over me in a nauseating wave.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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