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nauseate

[naw-zee-ayt, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-] / ˈnɔ ziˌeɪt, -ʒi-, -si-, -ʃi- /


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What can I say to make my family understand how much their stories nauseate me?

From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2021

“Real Time with Bill Maher” acts as a sounding board for its admittedly clever host, who can often amuse, enlighten and nauseate in the same string of sentences.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2019

The sight of Stanton in pinstripes will delight and nauseate many.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2017

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

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

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

The sounds and lights were an assault—he went home nauseated, with a pounding head.

From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2024

And I am nauseated at work, sick with fear about what might be happening at home.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

The nauseating stench of rotting food filled the surrounding neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

The floor was so grubby that the thought of sitting anywhere on it was nauseating — and regardless, the lanes were now too dark for reading, lit primarily by bright neon stripes and squiggles.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

It was infested with rats and cockroaches, and smelt "nauseating".

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

Soon, the trees thinned and the nauseating, sweet scent of Deadwood Dump filled the air.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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