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nauseate.

To cause nausea in.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈnɔziˌeɪt/General-American
  1. To cause nausea in.

    transitive
  2. To disgust.

    transitive
  3. To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.

    intransitive
  4. To reject or spit (something) out because it causes a feeling of nausea.

    obsolete · transitive
  5. To be disgusted by (something).

    figuratively · obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From earlier nauseat, from Latin nauseātus (“nauseated”), perfect past participle of nauseō (“to feel sea sick, nauseate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)), from nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía), from ναῦς (naûs), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. By surface analysis, nausea + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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