nauseous

Definition

Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.

Etymology

From Latin nauseōsus (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to nausea + -ous.

Example Sentences

• "[…] And flattery tipt with nauseous fleer, And guilty shame, and servile fear, Envy, and cruelty, and pride, Will in your tainted heart preside."
• "[T]he Italians grossness of Conversation is still very offensive & nauseous, tho' long accustomed to it."
• "And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?"

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