nauseous

English

Etymology

From Latin nauseōsus (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to nausea +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːziːəs/, /ˈnɔːsiːəs/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːʃəs/, /ˈnɔːʒəs/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːʃəs/, /ˈnɑːʒəs/

Adjective

nauseous (comparative more nauseous, superlative most nauseous)

1. Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting. [from 17th c.]
   • 1720, Jonathan Swift, To Stella, visiting me in my sickness:

     […] And flattery tipt with nauseous fleer,
     And guilty shame, and servile fear,
     Envy, and cruelty, and pride,
     Will in your tainted heart preside.

   • 1786 June 27, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:

     [T]he Italians grossness of Conversation is still very offensive & nauseous, tho' long accustomed to it.

   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I:

     And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?

2. (obsolete) Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish. [17th c.]
3. (proscribed) Afflicted with nausea; sick. [from 19th c.]
   • 1848, Samuel Hahnemann, The Chronic Diseases, Their Specific Nature and Their Homeopathic Treatment: Antipsoric Remedies, Volume 2:

     After he had scarcely eaten enough, he felt nauseous; but nausea ceased as soon as he stopped eating entirely, …

   • 1878, The North American Journal of Homeopathy, Volume 27:

     […] during stretching the patient felt nauseous …

   • 2010 September 4, Tom Smith, The Guardian:

     Is it a myth that you shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics? I often do and haven't felt remotely nauseous.

Usage notes

Some state that nauseous should be used as synonymous with nauseating. AHD4 notes that that in common usage, nauseous is synonymous with nauseated.

Synonyms

• nauseating - causing disgust rather than nausea

Translations

causing nausea

• Bulgarian: причиняващ гадене (pričinjavašt gadene)
• Chinese:

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• Dutch: misselijkmakend (nl)
• Esperanto: naŭza
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• Finnish: etova (fi), kuvottava (fi)
• French: nauséabond (fr)
• German: widerlich (de), Übelkeit erregend, Brechreiz fördernd, ekelerregend (de)
• Hungarian: émelyítő (hu)
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• Russian: тошнотво́рный (ru) (tošnotvórnyj), отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: nauseabundo (es)
• Swedish: kväljande (sv)
• Ukrainian: нудо́тний (uk) (nudótnyj)

afflicted with nausea

• Dutch: misselijk (nl)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pahoinvoiva
• French: nauséeux (fr)
• Hungarian: (verb) émelyeg (hu), (present participle: less common) émelygő (hu)
• Irish: adhascaideach
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• Maori: hiaruaki
• Old English: wlǣtian (to be nauseous)
• Polish: mający mdłości, mający nudności
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: nauseabundo (es)
• Swedish: illamående (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: walgelijk (nl), degoutant (nl), misselijkmakend (nl)
• French: nauséeux (fr)
• Ido: nauzeoza

See also

• nauseated - afflicted with nausea
• queasy