Meaning & use
Nauseate
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To cause someone to feel sick to the stomach or to feel intense disgust.
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The smell of rotting garbage nauseated everyone walking past the alley.
His hypocrisy nauseated her more than anything he actually said.
A note on using this word
"Nauseate" and "nauseous" share a root in the Greek "nautia" (seasickness), reflecting the word's original nautical association.
Words with a similar meaning
sickendisgust
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