NAUSEATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nauseate mean? 

• NAUSEATE (verb)
  The verb NAUSEATE has 2 senses:

1. upset and make nauseated

2. cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

  Familiarity information: NAUSEATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAUSEATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they nauseate    ... he / she / it nauseates   
Past simple: nauseated   
Past participle: nauseated   
-ing form: nauseating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Upset and make nauseated

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach

Context example:

The mold on the food sickened the diners

Hypernyms (to "nauseate" is one way to...):

disgust; gross out; repel; revolt (fill with distaste)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

nausea (disgust so strong it makes you feel sick)

nausea (the state that precedes vomiting)

nauseant (a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

churn up; disgust; nauseate; revolt; sicken

Context example:

The pornographic pictures sickened us

Hypernyms (to "nauseate" is one way to...):

repel; repulse (be repellent to; cause aversion in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nauseate"):

appal; appall; offend; outrage; scandalise; scandalize; shock (strike with disgust or revulsion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to nauseate Sue

Derivation:

nausea (disgust so strong it makes you feel sick)

 Context examples 

They may also become nauseated and vomit.

(Migraine, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

I have heard it often since, and each time the clap-trap of it nauseates me.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You may also feel nauseated, or even throw up.

(Indigestion, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

If you feel nauseated, sluggish or shaky, seek emergency care.

(Diabetes Complications, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

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)