Nauseous

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)

1. Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting. (from 17th c.)
2. (obsolete) Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish. (17th c.)
3. (proscribed) Afflicted with nausea; sick. (from 19th c.)
4. Sick to the stomach, loathsome, disgusting

Synonyms

• nauseating – causing disgust rather than nausea

See also

• nauseated – afflicted with nausea
• queasy