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nauseate

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


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But instead of ogling violence to exploit its evil and nauseate the audience, Lynch calls attention to the systems that propagate it.

From Salon Jan. 25, 2025

Q. Fed up in Philadelphia: I love my in-laws very much, but they have hygiene habits that nauseate me.

From Slate Jun. 7, 2021

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

“Blood, skin, bone,” Connie thinks, as she breathes in the scent of rotting animal, a smell that used to nauseate her.

From Washington Post Apr. 1, 2016

Ifemelu was tired and her back throbbed and the salon had begun to nauseate her, with its stuffy air and rotting ceiling.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

She’s prescribed semaglutide for weight loss by her primary care physician, but six months later, she is nauseated most mornings, bloated after small meals, and losing an amount of weight she didn’t intend to lose.

From Slate Mar. 22, 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

She uncovered the food and took a peek before grimacing, as though the sight of the meat nauseated her.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

The nauseating stench of rotting food filled the surrounding neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

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

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

From BBC Mar. 4, 2026

There is a contingent of Mexicans who find the whole thing a bit nauseating, another example of businesses latching onto and capitalizing on an internet meme.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2026

Doing his best to ignore this nauseating image, Harry read on.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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