nauseous

comparative more nauseous · superlative most nauseous

1. Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.First known use 17th c.

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

   1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I

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   […] And flattery tipt with nauseous fleer, And guilty shame, and servile fear, Envy, and cruelty, and pride, Will in your tainted heart preside.

   1720, Jonathan Swift, To Stella, visiting me in my sickness

   [T]he Italians grossness of Conversation is still very offensive & nauseous, tho' long accustomed to it.

   1786 June 27, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana

2. obsoleteInclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish.First known use 17th c.
3. proscribedAfflicted with nausea; sick.First known use 19th c.

   […] during stretching the patient felt nauseous …

   1878, The North American Journal of Homeopathy, Volume 27

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

   1848, Samuel Hahnemann, The Chronic Diseases, Their Specific Nature and Their Homeopathic Treatment: Antipsoric Remedies, Volume 2

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

   2010 September 4, Tom Smith, The Guardian

   It made me feel a little nauseous but was great for powering through boring tasks. It did not, however, do anything for my creativity or improve my thinking in any way.

   2019 August 5, Arwa Mahdawi, “Self-hypnosis, amphetamines? I tried eight hacks in my quest to be more productive”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2019