verb
nauseate
Nauseate (verb) means to make someone feel sick.
verb
1
To make someone feel sick.
"After another three-quarters of an hour we pick up eleven children, nearly all of them objectionable on the score of smell. The air we breathe over and over begins to be so foul that it nauseates me."
— Frederick Philip Grove, Fruits of the Earth (1933)
2
To feel queasy and turn away in disgust.
"I prescribed Iodized Lime, 1-2 grain every half hour. The stomach soon began to nauseate."
— W. T. Ray, Specific Treatment for Membranous Croup (1903)
3
To bring something back up or spit it out because it makes you feel sick.
4
To find something disgusting.
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Etymology
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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What is the meaning of nauseate?
"nauseate" (verb) means to make someone feel sick.
What is another word for nauseate?
Other words for "nauseate" include revolt, sicken, disgust.
What are the different meanings of nauseate?
"nauseate" has 3 main meanings: 1. To make someone feel sick; 2. To feel queasy and turn away in disgust; 3. To bring something back up or spit it out because it makes you feel sick.
