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nauseate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'nauseate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Nauseate [ v. i.]
- To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
2 . Nauseate [ v. t.]
- To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust.
- To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe.

Meaning of 'nauseate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . nauseate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- upset and make nauseated
Example in sentence:
  • The mold on the food sickened the diners;
  • The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
Meaning (2):
- cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
Example in sentence:
  • The pornographic pictures sickened us

Nearby Words:

naufrage naufragous naught naughtily naughtiness naughtly naughty naumachy nauplii nauplius

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