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nauseate

[naw-zee-ayt, -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

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

From Slate ● Jan. 12, 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

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

He rests a hand on my shoulder, patting it affectionately, and his touch nauseates me.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

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

At times, the cousin recalled, he felt dizzy and nauseated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

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

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024

My entire body was aching, my throat was dry, and I felt nauseated.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

We’re all paying the nauseating price now, and anyone who paved the way is complicit.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 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

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

In spite of the heavy fog rolling in, it was like some filmy gauze had been cleared from the atmosphere, or like a particularly nauseating stench had been done away with.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon


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