verb
nauseate
NAW-zee-ayt/ˈnɔːzieɪt/
To make people feel as though they may vomit.
The spoiled food nauseates the man, who recoils with a hand on his stomach.
Etymology
Latin nauseare covered both seasickness and causing disgust. The English verb connects physical queasiness with emotional revulsion: something can nauseate by making the stomach turn or by provoking intense disgust.
In context
Let him then, continued the baronet, see vice in its nakedness, while he has yet some innocence nauseate him.
More examples
- Reading on the bus sometimes nauseates me.
- The pain nauseated her, so she lay down.
- This medication can nauseate patients who take it without food.
Forms
nauseate · nauseates · nauseated · nauseating
nausea noun — A sick feeling that may precede vomiting.
Similar words
- sicken
- Can describe broader illness, not just feeling close to vomiting.