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nauseating

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nau·se·at·ing  (nôz-tng, -zh-, -s-, -sh-)
adj.
1. Causing nausea; nauseous.
2. Causing disgust, loathing, or revulsion. See Usage Note at nauseous.

nause·ating·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.nauseatingnauseating - causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"

nauseating
adjective
1. disgusting, offensive, appalling, nasty, foul, revolting, sickening, ghastly, vile, obnoxious, repulsive, odious, repugnant, loathsome, abhorrent, abominable, stomach-churning, stomach-turning, repellant, sick-making The judge described the offences as nauseating and unspeakable.
2. sickening, foul, revolting, sickly, odious, stomach-churning, putrid, stomach-turning, emetic, sick-making the nauseating smell of rotting garbage
Translations
nauseating [ˈnɔːsɪeɪtɪŋ] ADJ [smell] → nauseabundo; [crime, violence, hypocrisy] → repugnante, asqueroso
it was nauseating to see itera repugnante or asqueroso verlo
nauseating [ˈnɔːzieɪtɪŋ] adj
[attitude, behaviour] → écœurant(e)
[smell, sight] → écœurant(e)
an ashtray full of old cigarette stubs, a nauseating sight → un cendrier plein de vieux mégots, une vision écœurante
nauseating
adj sight, smell, violence, foodekelerregend; film, book, stylegrässlich; hypocrisywiderlich; personekelhaft, widerlich
nauseating [ˈnɔːzɪˌeɪtɪŋ] adjnauseante (fig) → disgustoso/a
nauseating [ˈnɔːzɪˌeɪtɪŋ] adjnauseante (fig) → disgustoso/a


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She had come to the conclusion that he spoke no other English, and so she ceased to importune him for information; but never did she forget to greet him pleasantly or to thank him for the hideous, nauseating meals he brought her.
In summer the stench of the warm lard would be nauseating, and in winter the cans would all but freeze to his naked little fingers in the unheated cellar.
Twice the girl felt the ship strike upon the reef, then a great wave caught and carried her high into the air, dropping her with a nauseating lunge which seemed to the imprisoned girl to be carrying the ship to the very bottom of the ocean.
 
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