nauseating en · ADJ
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Meanings
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Causing a feeling of nausea; disgusting and revolting.
They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:But in the mean time […] it looks all ſo like ſubterfuge and inveagling; it is ſo nauſeating and teadious a task, that no man thinks he ovvs the Author ſo much ſervice as to find out the reaſon of his ovvn Categoricalneſs for him.
1672, [Andrew Marvell], The Rehearsal Transpros’d: Or, Animadversions upon a Late Book, Entituled, A Preface, Shewing what Grounds there are of Fears and Jealousies of Popery, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, pages 57–58:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more nauseating | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most nauseating | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nauseatingly · nauseatingness · unnauseating
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Translations (37)
pl mdły (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · eo naŭza (causing nausea) · gl vomitivo (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · fa چندشناک (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · es nauseante (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · ca nauseabund (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · uk нудо́тний (causing nausea) · ga samhnasach (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · ga múisciúil (causing nausea) · grc ναυτιώδης (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · ga múisciúil (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · fr gerbant (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · pl przyprawiający o nudności (causing nausea) · pl przyprawiający o mdłości (causing nausea) · fi oksettava (causing nausea) · ru проти́вный (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · fr écœurant (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · ru тошнотворный (causing nausea) · grc ναυτιώδης (causing nausea) · es nauseante (causing nausea) · de ekelerregend (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · de widerwärtig (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · es nauseabundo (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · pt nauseante (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · gl vomitivo (causing nausea) · eo naŭza (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · ga samhnasach (causing nausea) · ru отвратительный (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · fi oksettava (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · fi etova (causing nausea) · fi ällöttävä (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · de Brechreiz verursachend (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · az ürəkbulandıran (causing nausea) · fi kuvottava (causing disgust, revulsion or loathing) · az ürəkbulandırıcı (causing nausea) · es nauseabundo (causing nausea) · ca nauseabund (causing nausea)