nauseate
To cause nausea inTo cause nausea in.
» Tom felt a little nauseated.
Тома слегка подташнивало.
Том почувствовал лёгкую тошноту.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To cause nausea in.
cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
(transitive)To disgust.
(intransitive)To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
(obsolete, transitive)To reject or spit (something) out because it causes a feeling of nausea.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To be disgusted by (something).
Examples
16 sentencesTom felt a little nauseated.
ruТома слегка подташнивало.
The smell of raw fish nauseates me.
ruМеня тошнит от запаха сырой рыбы.
Alcohol nauseates him, so he never drank.
Alcohol nauseates him, so he never drinks.
Linda felt nauseated and suspected she was pregnant.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From earlier nauseat, from Latin nauseātus (“nauseated”), perfect past participle of nauseFrom earlier nauseat, from Latin nauseātus (“nauseated”), perfect past participle of nauseō (“to feel sea sick, nauseate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)), from nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía), from ναῦς (naûs), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. By surface analysis, nausea + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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Forms
nauseates, nauseating, nauseated, nauseatedSynonyms
9 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle