- present participle of nauseate.
nauseating
Example Sentences
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More than 100 people filled the auditorium at the air district’s headquarters in Diamond Bar to call on the hearing board to adopt these measures and help alleviate the nauseating smells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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
A rom-com need not be a sparkling shelf covered with bon-bons, but it shouldn’t be a nauseating cloud of carbon monoxide that makes you want to flee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
If you were a big shot or a celebrity or something, then he was even more nauseating.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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