Meaning of NAUSEATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'nâzi`eyt
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- [v] cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
- [v] upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the foood turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold ont he food sickened the diners"
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| | Synonyms: | | churn up, disgust, revolt, sicken, sicken, turn one's stomach |
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| | See Also: | | appal, appall, disgust, offend, outrage, repel, repel, repulse, revolt, scandalise, scandalize, shock | |
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\Nau"se*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nauseated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Nauseating}.] [L. nauseare, nauseatum, fr. nausea.
See {Nausea}.]
To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with
disgust.
\Nau"se*ate\, v. t.
1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel
loathing or disgust.
2. To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe.
The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods.
--Blackmore.
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