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Created page with "English Etymology From Latin nauseōsus ("causing nausea"), corresponding synchronically to nausea + -ous. Pronunciation UK: /ˈnɔːziːəs/, /ˈnɔːsiːəs/ US (General American): /ˈnɔʃəs/, /ˈnɔʒəs/ Cot-caught merger: /ˈnɑʃəs/, /ˈnɑʒəs/ Adjective nauseous (comparative more nauseous, superlative most nauseous) Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting. (from 17th c.) (obsolete) Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish. (17th c.) (proscribed) Afflicted..." |
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English | ==English== | ||
===Etymology=== | |||
From Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nauseosus nauseōsus]'' (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nausea nausea]'' + ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ous -ous]''. | |||
US (General American): /ˈnɔʃəs/, /ˈnɔʒəs/ | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
* UK: /ˈnɔːziːəs/, /ˈnɔːsiːəs/ | |||
* US (General American): /ˈnɔʃəs/, /ˈnɔʒəs/ | |||
* Cot-caught merger: /ˈnɑʃəs/, /ˈnɑʒəs/ | |||
===Adjective=== | |||
'''nauseous''' (''comparative'' '''more nauseous''', ''superlative'' '''most nauseous''') | |||
# Causing [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nausea nausea]; [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sickening sickening] or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disgusting disgusting]. ''(from 17th c.)'' | |||
# ''(obsolete)'' Inclined to nausea; [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sickly sickly], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/squeamish squeamish]. ''(17th c.)'' | |||
# ''(proscribed)'' Afflicted with nausea; [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sick sick]. ''(from 19th c.)'' | |||
# Sick to the stomach, loathsome, disgusting | |||
====Synonyms==== | |||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nauseating nauseating] – causing disgust rather than nausea | |||
====See also==== | |||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nauseated nauseated] – afflicted with nausea | |||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/queasy queasy] | |||
nauseated – afflicted with nausea | |||
queasy | |||
Revision as of 23:26, 31 August 2026
English
Etymology
From Latin nauseōsus (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to nausea + -ous.
Pronunciation
- UK: /ˈnɔːziːəs/, /ˈnɔːsiːəs/
- US (General American): /ˈnɔʃəs/, /ˈnɔʒəs/
- Cot-caught merger: /ˈnɑʃəs/, /ˈnɑʒəs/
Adjective
nauseous (comparative more nauseous, superlative most nauseous)
- Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting. (from 17th c.)
- (obsolete) Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish. (17th c.)
- (proscribed) Afflicted with nausea; sick. (from 19th c.)
- Sick to the stomach, loathsome, disgusting
Synonyms
- nauseating – causing disgust rather than nausea