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NAUSEATING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nauseating mean?
• NAUSEATING (adjective)
The adjective NAUSEATING has 1 sense:
1. causing or able to cause nausea
Familiarity information: NAUSEATING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing or able to cause nausea
Synonyms:
loathsome; nauseating; nauseous; noisome; offensive; queasy; sickening; vile
Context example:
a sickening stench
Similar:
unwholesome (detrimental to physical or moral well-being)
Derivation:
nauseatingness (extreme unpalatability to the mouth)
Context examples
Why, the average review is more nauseating than cod-liver oil.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The cheapness and vulgarity of it was nauseating, and Martin noted apathetically that he was not nauseated very much.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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