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nauseate

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


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Some people have reported that the headsets nauseate them.

From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 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

As team doctors administered triage, the broadcast danced between vantage points, carefully avoiding any shots that would further nauseate viewers.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 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

He rests a hand on my shoulder, patting it affectionately, and his touch nauseates me.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

She’s prescribed semaglutide for weight loss by her primary care physician, but six months later, she is nauseated most mornings, bloated after small meals, and losing an amount of weight she didn’t intend to lose.

From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2026

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

I'll spare you the details, but let it be said that people who get nauseated easily have no business riding the Tilt-A-Whirl.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

There are flies, rats and, if the wind shifts every so slightly, a waft of thick, nauseating air from the warehouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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

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

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

While Mr. Party’s paintings are often nauseating at scale—vacuous portraits and landscapes in candy-store palettes—hitting his pieces with a shrink ray does wonders for them, and not just because there’s less to look at.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Under his feet, the ground glistened a nauseating purple, pulsing with webs of veins.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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