Meanings
alternative misspelling ad nauseum
- not comparableTo a nauseating or sickening degree.
- not comparableHaving been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome.
A drunk person was repeating the same old story ad nauseam.
2 more examples
The internet really is just nothing more than the same 3 sites sharing each others stuff ad nauseam
The Feelings album flew off the shelves, and Albert became a pop sensation - until, thanks to airplay ad nauseam, radio listeners grew weary of his sentiments.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 325
alternative misspelling ad nauseum
- not comparableDone or repeated so often that it becomes annoying or tiresome.
The Feelings album flew off the shelves, and Albert became a pop sensation—until, thanks to airplay ad nauseam, radio listeners grew weary of his sentiments.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 325
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinad nauseam
- Englishad nauseam
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad nauseam, from ad (“to”) + nauseam (“sea-sickness, sickness, nausea”), accusative of nausea.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch ad nauseam
- ad nauseamto a sickening degree
Finnish kyllästymiseen saakka
- kyllästymiseen saakkato a sickening degree
French ad nauseam
- ad nauseamto a sickening degree
German bis zum Geht-nicht-mehr
- bis zum Geht-nicht-mehrto a sickening degree
Greek κατὰ κόρον
- κατὰ κόρον (katá kóron)to a sickening degree
Hebrew עַד לְזָרָא
- עַד לְזָרָא ('ad lezará)to a sickening degree
Hungarian a végtelenségig, unásig
- a végtelenségigto a sickening degree
- unásigto a sickening degree
- unalomigto a sickening degree
- orrvérzésigto a sickening degree
- a csömörigto a sickening degree
- vég nélkülto a sickening degree
- a könyökén jön kito a sickening degree
Icelandic up að flökurleika, að flökurleika
- up að flökurleikato a sickening degree
- að flökurleikato a sickening degree
- svo oft að manni býður við þvíto a sickening degree
- svo oft að manni þyki meira en nóg umto a sickening degree
Italian ad oltranza, fino allo sfinimento
- ad oltranzato a sickening degree
- fino allo sfinimentoto a sickening degree
Latin ad nauseam
- ad nauseamto a sickening degree
Polish do znudzenia
- do znudzeniato a sickening degree
Portuguese ad nauseam
- ad nauseamto a sickening degree
Spanish ad náuseam, hasta la náusea
- ad náuseamto a sickening degree
- hasta la náuseato a sickening degree
- ad nauseamadjective
Swedish till leda
- till ledato a sickening degree
Cite this entry
ad nauseam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ad%20nauseam
“ad nauseam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ad%20nauseam. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ad nauseam,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ad%20nauseam.
Source: ad nauseam on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.