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as in sick
affected with nausea
after eating the last four pieces of the two-week-old pizza, he was feeling a little nauseous
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as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
it turned out that a dead mouse between the walls was causing the nauseous stench
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Recent Examples of nauseous
Not long after her mom's nudge, India began feeling nauseous and missed her period.
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Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
Upon regularly feeling nauseous after eating and later becoming anaemic, doctors ran blood tests on Robertson to determine the underlying cause.
—Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 3 June 2024
A lot of people feel really nauseous, vomit, have gastrointestinal problems on these drugs.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
Exposure to toxic fumes can cause people to feel dizzy, nauseous, or experience headaches or cramping.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
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Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
Upon regularly feeling nauseous after eating and later becoming anaemic, doctors ran blood tests on Robertson to determine the underlying cause.
—Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 3 June 2024
A lot of people feel really nauseous, vomit, have gastrointestinal problems on these drugs.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
Exposure to toxic fumes can cause people to feel dizzy, nauseous, or experience headaches or cramping.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseous
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All but one of those patients had been exposed to sick cattle or poultry on farms.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Russell’s Mitch was as in touch with his animal needs as with his guilty concern for his sick mother.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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At least Gill thinks that coffee is disgusting too.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Trump is disgusting, unhinged and unfit to represent the United States.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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For the evening, the stews break out their coral dresses instead of blacks which are pretty awful.Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Jean Dujardin, the French actor who won an Academy Award for that awful silent-movie spoof The Artist, is almost unrecognizable in On the Wandering Paths (Sur les chemins noirs).Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2024
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The movie Sundown was shot on location in Texarkana, Tex., and features many locals in small parts, imbuing the movie with a queasy realism.Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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But there’s also a pathos to the character that makes his queasy deal easier to stomach.Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
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Give Back To Maui After the horrible 2023 wildfires in Maui, The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua reopened on October 8, 2023, and it’s been going strong and welcoming guests with open arms since then.Robin Raven, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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This is also a great matchup against a horrible Jaguars passing defense.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Next she was wrenched the other way in a sickening, 180° roll, and one of the crew members tumbled down the almost-vertical deck and vanished in the sea.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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What was sickening about being there in person was watching the Trump fans around me and realizing that there was nothing shocking about it to them.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
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George Kittle On the ugly game: Being able to deal with all of that and still come out with a win.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Poor Sue, who wins the challenge and has to wear that ugly bat signal around her neck.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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The Menendez trials — the first of the two ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury — became such a sensation in part because of the hideous nature of the crime, but also because of who Lyle and Erik were.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Is this just how the game unfolds each time, part of some hideous narrative doomed to repeat itself?Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Nauseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseous. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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