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as in sick
affected with nausea
being aboard ship during that storm would make anyone but the most experienced sailor nauseated
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as in shocked
filled with disgust
nauseated critics panned the movie comedy for its celebration of unspeakably gross behavior
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as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust
such hateful graffiti would nauseate anyone with an ounce of human decency
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Recent Examples of nauseated
Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
At times, she would get nauseated before races.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Johnson felt nauseated and his chest constricted, forcing the breath from his lungs.
—Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Every morning, most of us get up, check the Signal chats, the news, the socials, feel nauseated and overwhelmed, put the phone down.
—Angela Pelster, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Alcohol can lower blood glucose because your liver is busy metabolizing alcohol instead of maintaining your blood sugar, leaving you feeling shaky, weak, or nauseated.
—Ciara Lucas, SELF, 30 Dec. 2025
Mary Sloppins by Travis Clark Disney’s deal with OpenAI nauseated many film purists, but are the specifics of the licensing agreement really that bad?
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Feeling nauseated on shipboard canforce one to go below deck to recover.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
When the food came, Jon said he was too nauseated to eat more than a few bites.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
The other day, Mosaku ordered chai at a coffee shop in Flatbush, feeling nauseated from the car ride over.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
At times, she would get nauseated before races.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Johnson felt nauseated and his chest constricted, forcing the breath from his lungs.
—Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Every morning, most of us get up, check the Signal chats, the news, the socials, feel nauseated and overwhelmed, put the phone down.
—Angela Pelster, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Alcohol can lower blood glucose because your liver is busy metabolizing alcohol instead of maintaining your blood sugar, leaving you feeling shaky, weak, or nauseated.
—Ciara Lucas, SELF, 30 Dec. 2025
Mary Sloppins by Travis Clark Disney’s deal with OpenAI nauseated many film purists, but are the specifics of the licensing agreement really that bad?
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Feeling nauseated on shipboard canforce one to go below deck to recover.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
When the food came, Jon said he was too nauseated to eat more than a few bites.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseated
Adjective
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Young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems are most likely to get sick from these germs.—
Jonel Aleccia,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The researchers also hope to test the protocol earlier in pregnancy, before a pregnant person gets seriously sick.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The pair shared a sweet slideshow on Instagram in December 2023 that showed Wilson getting down on one knee in front of a Christmas tree to ask a shocked van der Pol to marry him.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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His death has left many shocked and outraged.—
Naveen Dhaliwal,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The researchers also found that being young, female, and well educated increased the odds that someone would be moist averse, as did being disgusted more generally by bodily functions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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Some were disgusted, while others were filled with joy.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Tsvyk immediately felt nauseous and vomited on the floor after eating the dessert.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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Mel initially thought her sister might have been pranking her before becoming nauseous at the thought that her own brother was behind the murders of four college students.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
4 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In 2025, an outbreak sickened more than 500 people in 48 states, with 125 people hospitalized and two deaths.—
Jonel Aleccia,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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In the end, 997 people were sickened by the vaccine-preventable disease since October and at least 21 of them were hospitalized, based on voluntary reports to the state.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Floyd, distraught by his own physical failures, is nevertheless repulsed by the sight of Carol in her big, burly ump gear.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Pheidippides, legendary Greek hēmerodromos, or courier, who is popularly believed to have run 40 km (about 25 miles) from the battlefield at Marathon to Athens in 490 bce, to report that the Athenians, in a single afternoon, had repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Hiram Crombie is shocked and appalled that Jamie is taking the Trading Post from him and kicking him and the other men off Fraser’s Ridge?—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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The proposal appalled the science community and lawmakers.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Nauseated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseated. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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