nauseate
To cause nausea inTo cause nausea in.
» Tom felt a little nauseated.
Тома слегка подташнивало. — Wezel
Том почувствовал лёгкую тошноту. — marafon
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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 sentencesTranslations
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
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