nauseous
pronunciation
How to pronounce nauseous in British English:
UK [ˈnɔ:ziəs]
How to pronounce nauseous in American English:
US [ˈnɔʃəs]
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- Adjective:
- causing or able to cause nausea
Word Origin
- nauseous (adj.)
- c. 1600, "inclined to nausea, easily made queasy" (obsolete), from nausea + -ous. Sense of "causing nausea or squeamishness" is attested from 1610s. For distinction from nauseated see nauseate. Related: Nauseously; nauseousness.
Example
- 1. The whole thing makes you feel nauseous and slightly drunk .
- 2. Is this gonna make me nauseous ?
- 3. I feel nauseous . Please give me a bag .
- 4. Michael 's words made him really sick , physically nauseous .
- 5. I would get dizzy spells and feel nauseous ; locking myself up in a dark , eerie quiet room didn 't do much to help .