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nauseating

[naw-zee-ey-ting, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-] / ˈnɔ ziˌeɪ tɪŋ, -ʒi-, -si-, -ʃi- /


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

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

“Remember what you want to avoid: the nauseating feeling of having wasted a block of time,” she writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Around 2024, their mass torts business began booming, starting with the landfill lawsuits, in which the firm accused the operators of recklessly allowing nauseating odors.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

In this moment, Egoyan asks us to consider all the nauseating possibilities surrounding that truth.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2025

My father says he is a nauseating commercial neologism.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood