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- DictionaryNau·se·at·ing/ˈnôzēˌādiNG/
adjective
- 1. causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting: "the stench became nauseating"
Something nauseating makes you feel sick to your stomach. Your kitchen garbage can may be nauseating by the end of the week. A bad smell or taste can be nauseating, but so can a terrible feeling or a horrible situation.
to cause someone to feel as if they are going to vomit: He's nauseated by the smell of meat cooking. The smell of the fish nauseated her. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Vomiting & feelings of sickness. airsickness. bring someone up. carsickness. chunder. disgorge. greenly. nausea. regurgitate. retch. sick something up.
Nausea is a noun, meaning "a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit" or "extreme disgust." A number of other nouns are closely related in meaning, including nauseant ("something that causes nausea"), nauseousness ("an instance of nausea"), and nauseatingness ("the quality or state of being nauseating").
4 days ago · nauseating in American English. (ˈnɔziˌeitɪŋ, -ʒi-, -si-, -ʃi-) adjective. 1. causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous. 2. such as to cause contempt, disgust, loathing, etc. I had to listen to the whole nauseating story. USAGE See nauseous.
Nausea is a noun, meaning "a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit" or "extreme disgust." A number of other nouns are closely related in meaning, including nauseant ("something that causes nausea"), nauseousness ("an instance of nausea"), and nauseatingness ("the quality or state of being nauseating").
Definition of nauseating adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Nauseating - definition of nauseating by The Free Dictionary. nauseating. Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Wikipedia. nau·se·at·ing. (nô′zē-ā′tĭng, -zhē-, -sē-, -shē-) adj. 1. Causing nausea; nauseous. 2. Causing disgust, loathing, or revulsion. See Usage Note at nauseous. nau′se·at′ing·ly adv.
