nauseate
verb/ˈnɔːzieɪt/
/ˈnɔːzieɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they nauseate | /ˈnɔːzieɪt/ /ˈnɔːzieɪt/ |
| he / she / it nauseates | /ˈnɔːzieɪts/ /ˈnɔːzieɪts/ |
| past simple nauseated | /ˈnɔːzieɪtɪd/ /ˈnɔːzieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle nauseated | /ˈnɔːzieɪtɪd/ /ˈnɔːzieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form nauseating | /ˈnɔːzieɪtɪŋ/ /ˈnɔːzieɪtɪŋ/ |
- nauseate somebody to make somebody feel that they want to vomit
- The smell of meat nauseates me.
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- nauseate somebody to make somebody feel full of horror synonym revolt (3), sicken (1)
- I was nauseated by the violence in the movie.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin nauseat- ‘made to feel sick’, from the verb nauseare, from nausea from Greek nausia, from naus ‘ship’.
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