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ad nauseam

[ad naw-zee-uhm, -am] / æd ˈnɔ zi əm, -ˌæm /
ADVERB
to a sickening degree
Synonyms
WEAK
at length boringly endlessly in detail lengthily long-windedly more than one can stomach repeatedly repetitively to an excessive degree to nauseating extremes to the point of queasiness too much

Example Sentences

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What Scripture doesn’t command, ad nauseam or otherwise, is the coercion of other people to do those things or to pay for them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

In turn, of course, I then made this fennel-and-cheese dish ad nauseam in the ensuing years.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025

He continued: “We all discussed it ad nauseam that it would be best to kind of let this one breathe for a while.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Towards the end of the film, Beyoncé admits she broke the habit of "rehearsing ad nauseam" for this tour, and felt "liberated" on stage.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023

In Levene’s mind, the four bases were repeated in a defined order: AGCT-AGCT-AGCT-AGCT and so forth ad nauseam.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee