nauseous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   feeling sick and likely to vomit; affected by nausea

   The winding bus ride made several passengers feel nauseous.

2. 2
   adj

   causing nausea or strong disgust

   A nauseous odor drifted from the spoiled food.

From Latin nauseosus, 'causing nausea,' from nausea, itself borrowed from Greek nausia ('seasickness'). The sense 'feeling nauseated' was once criticized by some usage commentators, but it has a long history and is standard in modern English.

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