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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

“And the priest keeps touching my mouth and it nauseates me,” Jaja said.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

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

From Salon May 29, 2024

Perhaps the bad smell in the building had nauseated him, because the monkey rooms weren’t being cleaned as regularly as usual.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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

Around 2024, their mass torts business began booming, starting with the landfill lawsuits, in which the firm accused the operators of recklessly allowing nauseating odors.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2025

His head swam with the nauseating ache, and for a moment he fell asleep.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green




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