- nauseate
- verb (-ated; -ating) Date: 1625 intransitive verb 1. to become affected with nausea 2. to feel disgust transitive verb to affect with nausea or disgust
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Nauseate — Nau se*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nauseated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nauseating}.] [L. nauseare, nauseatum, fr. nausea. See {Nausea}.] To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Nauseate — Nau se*ate, v. t. 1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust. [1913 Webster] 2. To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe. [1913 Webster] The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods. Blackmore. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nauseate — index repel (disgust) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
nauseate — (v.) 1630s, to feel sick, to become affected with nausea, from nauseat pp. stem of L. nauseare to feel seasick, to vomit, also to cause disgust, from nausea (see NAUSEA (Cf. nausea)). Related: Nauseated; nauseating; nauseatingly. In its early… … Etymology dictionary
nauseate — vb *disgust, sicken Analogous words: vomit, disgorge, *belch: *offend, outrage … New Dictionary of Synonyms
nauseate — [v] make sick; disgust bother, disturb, horrify, offend, reluct, repel, repulse, revolt, sicken; concepts 14,308 Ant. please, soothe … New thesaurus
nauseate — ► VERB ▪ cause to feel sick or disgusted … English terms dictionary
nauseate — [nô′shē āt΄, nô′zhēāt΄; nô′sēāt΄, nô′zēāt΄] vt. nauseated, nauseating [< L nauseatus, pp. of nauseare, to be seasick: see NAUSEA] 1. to cause to feel nausea; make sick 2. Rare to feel nausea at; loathe vi. to feel nausea; become sick… … English World dictionary
nauseate — UK [ˈnɔːzɪeɪt] / UK [ˈnɔːsɪeɪt] / US [ˈnɔʃɪˌeɪt] / US [ˈnɔzɪˌeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms nauseate : present tense I/you/we/they nauseate he/she/it nauseates present participle nauseating past tense nauseated past participle nauseated 1) to… … English dictionary
nauseate — /naw zee ayt , zhee , see , shee /, v., nauseated, nauseating. v.t. 1. to affect with nausea; sicken. 2. to cause to feel extreme disgust: His vicious behavior toward the dogs nauseates me. v.i. 3. to become affected with nausea. [1630 40; < L… … Universalium
