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To nauseate means to cause nausea—a feeling of sickness in your stomach, as if you might vomit.

The word nauseated is commonly used as an adjective to mean feeling nausea. The adjective nauseous is more commonly used to mean the same thing.

The adjective nauseating means causing nausea (nauseous can also be used to mean this, but that’s much less common).

The word nausea can also be used in a figurative way meaning a feeling of disgust, revulsion, or repulsion, and nauseate can mean to make someone feel this, meaning the same thing as the verb disgust, as in Their cruelty nauseates me.��

Much less commonly, nauseate can mean to become nauseous, as in I nauseate whenever I ride a rollercoaster.��

Example: I’m not sure what nauseated me more—the disgusting food or the server’s disgusting comments.

The first records of the word nauseate come from the 1600s. It is thought to ultimately derive from the Greek �Բ��ܲ�í��, meaning “seasickness,” from �Բ�û��, meaning “ship” (the same root is the basis of the word nautical).

People can be nauseated by seasickness and many other conditions that affect the stomach, such as motion sickness, morning sickness, carsickness, anxiety, or from the side effects of medications. People are often nauseated by something they ate. When you’re nauseous, the very thought of eating can nauseate you even more. The figurative use of nauseate is also very common—it’s usually reserved for someone or something that really disgusts the speaker, especially by being immoral in some way.

What are some other forms related to nauseate?

• nauseated (past tense verb, adjective)
• nauseating (continuous tense verb, adjective)
• nausea (noun)

What are some synonyms for nauseate?

• sicken
• disgust
• repulse

What are some words that share a root or word element with nauseate?��

• nauseous
• nauseant
• nautical

What are some words that often get used in discussing nauseate?

• sick to one’s stomach
• queasy
• feel
• sick
• stomach
• vomit
• throw up

Nauseate is commonly used in both literal and figurative ways.

New York cab rides tend to nauseate me as well. Hope she held in there.

— Joshua L. A. Jones (@JLAJones)

Scented trash bags absolutely nauseate me every time 😔 who’s idea was that

— yoongis queer vans ⁷-ᴮᴱ (@hoshikicola)

I am nauseated by these millionaire politicians giving tons of money to big corporations and their donors but haggling over providing everyday citizens $1,200 in relief. It sickens me.

— Mike Labonte (@MikeLabonte2)

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Which of the following words can be used as a synonym of nauseate?

A. sicken
B. disgust
C. repulse
D. all of the above