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adjective

Definition of nauseatednext
1
as in sick
affected with nausea being aboard ship during that storm would make anyone but the most experienced sailor nauseated

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as in shocked
filled with disgust nauseated critics panned the movie comedy for its celebration of unspeakably gross behavior

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nauseated

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verb

past tense of nauseate
as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust such hateful graffiti would nauseate anyone with an ounce of human decency

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseated
  1. sick
  2. shocked
  3. nauseous
  4. disgusted
  5. sickened
  6. repulsed
  7. appalled
Adjective
  • By Weiland’s estimates, up to 300,000 people in the U.S. are currently getting sick with COVID-19 each day, compared to around 1 million cases per day around this time in recent years.
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The patient had been in contact with sick and dead birds in backyard flocks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
    Mike Stobbe and Jonel Aleccia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of sick
Adjective
  • The officer opened the bag in front of the passenger and was shocked to see what was inside: 82 fireworks, three knives, two replica firearms and a canister of pepper spray — none of which are allowed in carry-on luggage.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Virgin River season 5 recap: Wildfire brings new love and shocking revelations to the town In the present, Mel’s shocked that this is her parents’ meet cute.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of shocked
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  • Dehydrated, nauseous, sunburned Floridians flood emergency rooms when temperatures rise Last summer was one of the hottest on record and this year, temperatures in South Florida began to rise in April.
    Lauren Ferrer, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2024
  • Jen Psaki accepted a piece of jerky, and, upon putting it in her mouth, looked nauseous, but was still too nice to protest.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of nauseous
Adjective
  • Rumors swirled that disillusioned and disgusted donors mobilized after the loss to A&M.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
  • If anything, Allerton seems intermittently disgusted with Lee and himself, then attracted to Lee again.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
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  • It initially was supposed to run for five years, but was extended until 2090 as more people were sickened with 9/11 illnesses.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • That's up from earlier this month, when the FDA said the outbreak had sickened 68 people in 19 states.
    Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of sickened
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  • Dexter is repulsed by the whole scene, and really who can blame him?
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Over decades, my attempts to conquer the Spanish language have been repulsed.
    Calvin Trillin, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of repulsed
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  • Purists will be appalled that Mangold conflates another seminal moment into the Newport show.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Viewers in the comments were appalled—but his behavior might not be too much of a shock to researchers on gender.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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