English

Adjective

nauseous ‎(comparative more nauseous, superlative most nauseous)

1. Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:

     And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?

2. (sometimes proscribed) Afflicted with nausea; sick.
   • 1848, Samuel Hahnemann, The Chronic Diseases, Their Specific Nature and Their Homeopathic Treatment: Antipsoric Remedies, Volume 2:

     After he had scarcely eaten enough, he felt nauseous; but nausea ceased as soon as he stopped eating entirely, …

   • 1878, The North American Journal of Homeopathy, Volume 27:

     … during stretching the patient felt nauseous …

   • 2010, Tom Smith, The Guardian, 4 Sep 2010:

     Is it a myth that you shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics? I often do and haven't felt remotely nauseous.

Synonyms

• nauseating - causing disgust rather than nausea

See also

• nauseated - afflicted with nausea
• queasy

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