nauseous (redirected from nauseously)

nau·seous  (nôshs, -z-s)

adj.

1. Causing nausea; sickening: "the most nauseous offal fit for the gods" (John Fowles).

2. Usage Problem Affected with nausea.

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nauseous·ly adv.

nauseous·ness n.

Usage Note: Traditional critics have insisted that nauseous is properly used only to mean "causing nausea" and that it is incorrect to use it to mean "affected with nausea," as in Roller coasters make me nauseous. In this example, nauseated is preferred by 72 percent of the Usage Panel. Curiously, though, 88 percent of the Panelists prefer using nauseating in the sentence The children looked a little green from too many candy apples and nauseating (not nauseous) rides. Since there is a lot of evidence to show that nauseous is widely used to mean "feeling sick," it appears that people use nauseous mainly in the sense in which it is considered incorrect. In its "correct" sense it is being supplanted by nauseating.

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nauseous [ˈnɔːzɪəs -sɪəs]

adj

1. feeling sick

2. (Medicine) causing nausea

3. distasteful to the mind or senses; repulsive

nauseously  adv

nauseousness  n

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nauseous, nauseated - Nauseous ("sickening") is an adjective describing something that causes nausea; the adjective for the feeling ("made sick") is nauseated.

See also related terms for sick.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	nauseous - causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" loathsome, nauseating, noisome, queasy, sickening, vile, offensive unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
	2.	nauseous - feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit nauseated, sickish, queasy, sick ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

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nauseous

adjective

1. sick, green, ill, unwell, nauseated, queasy, bilious, crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal) The drugs make me feel nauseous.

2. sickening, offensive, disgusting, revolting, distasteful, repulsive, nauseating, repugnant, loathsome, abhorrent, detestable, yucky or yukky (slang) The floor was deep with bat dung giving off a nauseous smell.

Translations

nauseous [ˈnɔːsɪəs] ADJ

1. (lit) to feel nauseous → sentir náuseas
the sight of food made me (feel) nauseous → sólo de ver la comida me daban náuseas

2. [colour, smell] → nauseabundo

nauseous [ˈnɔːziəs] adj

(= feeling sick) to be nauseous → avoir mal au cœur, avoir envie de vomir
to feel nauseous → avoir mal au cœur, avoir envie de vomir

(= disgusting) → nauséabond(e), écœurant(e)

nauseous

adj

(Med) that made me (feel) nauseous → dabei wurde mir übel

(fig) → widerlich

nauseous [ˈnɔːzɪəs] adj (Med) (fig) → nauseabondo/a
to be nauseous → avere la nausea