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Definition of nauseating adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

nauseating

adjective
 
/ˈnɔːzieɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈnɔːzieɪtɪŋ/
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  1. making you feel that you want to vomit
    • a nauseating smell
    • The smell was simply nauseating.
    • He woke to the nauseating smell of burning flesh.
  2. making you feel full of horror synonym revolting, sickening (1)
    • his nauseating behaviour
    • She wrote me a really nauseating letter.
    • It was a nauseating attack on an innocent teenager.
    • The man's behaviour had been quite nauseating.

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