nauseous
adjective/ˈnɔːziəs/
/ˈnɔːʃəs/
- feeling as if you want to vomit
- She felt dizzy and nauseous.
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- making you feel as if you want to vomit
- a nauseous smell
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin nauseosus (from nausea ‘seasickness’).
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