'Nauseous' definitions:

Definition of 'nauseous'

From: WordNet
adjective
Causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile]
adjective
Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit [syn: nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish]

Definition of 'Nauseous'

From: GCIDE
  • Nauseous \Nau"seous\ (?; 277), a. [L. nauseosus.]
  • 1. Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Feeling nausea; as, nauseous from the effects of chemotherapy. [PJC] -- {Nau"seous*ly}, adv. -- {Nau"seous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
  • The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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