Meaning & use

Vomitous

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Informally, extremely unpleasant, disgusting, or nauseating.

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The smell coming from the dumpster was absolutely vomitous.

Critics called the film's ending manipulative and vomitous.

A note on using this word

Although it sounds like a formal medical term, "vomitous" is mainly used informally in everyday speech and writing to express strong disgust, rather than in clinical contexts.

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nauseatingrevoltingrepulsive

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