Nauseate
verb
To make someone feel as if they are about to vomit or feel really sick.
The horrible smell in the room began to nauseate him.
Often appears as...
- begin to nauseate
- nauseate them
verb
To make someone feel very upset, annoyed, or disgusted.
His constant complaining really nauseates me.
Often appears as...
- nauseate me
- nauseate them
verb
To make someone feel as if they are about to vomit or feel really sick.
The horrible smell in the room began to nauseate him.
Often appears as...
- begin to nauseate
- nauseate them
verb
To make someone feel very upset, annoyed, or disgusted.
His constant complaining really nauseates me.
Often appears as...
- nauseate me
- nauseate them
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Discomfort
Use 'nauseate' to describe a strong physical reaction, not just mild discomfort.
The sight of the wound might nauseate the untrained.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Matters
'Nauseate' implies a severe level of sickness, more than just feeling unwell.
The turbulent flight didn't just upset him, it nauseated him.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Sometimes 'nauseate' is used figuratively to express strong aversion.
Her unfair accusations nauseated me.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Discomfort
Use 'nauseate' to describe a strong physical reaction, not just mild discomfort.
The sight of the wound might nauseate the untrained.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Matters
'Nauseate' implies a severe level of sickness, more than just feeling unwell.
The turbulent flight didn't just upset him, it nauseated him.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Sometimes 'nauseate' is used figuratively to express strong aversion.
Her unfair accusations nauseated me.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Discomfort
Use 'nauseate' to describe a strong physical reaction, not just mild discomfort.
The sight of the wound might nauseate the untrained.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Matters
'Nauseate' implies a severe level of sickness, more than just feeling unwell.
The turbulent flight didn't just upset him, it nauseated him.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Sometimes 'nauseate' is used figuratively to express strong aversion.
Her unfair accusations nauseated me.
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The paradox of value -...
This is the law of diminishing marginal utility. You might gladly buy two or three helpings of your favorite food, but the fourth would make you nauseated, and the hundredth would spoil before you could even get to it. Or you could pay to see the same movie over and over until you got bored of it or spent all of your money.
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Steve Ramirez and Xu...
and edit out that nauseating feeling but while keeping the memory of that person intact? Then I realized, maybe that's a little bit lofty for now. So what if we could start off by going into the brain and just finding a single memory to begin with? Could we jump-start that memory back to life,
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Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
since I'll just make you hungry or do you just feel slightly nauseated but you don't have you're not feeling hungry is
Video examples
The paradox of value -...
This is the law of diminishing marginal utility. You might gladly buy two or three helpings of your favorite food, but the fourth would make you nauseated, and the hundredth would spoil before you could even get to it. Or you could pay to see the same movie over and over until you got bored of it or spent all of your money.
Video examples
Steve Ramirez and Xu...
and edit out that nauseating feeling but while keeping the memory of that person intact? Then I realized, maybe that's a little bit lofty for now. So what if we could start off by going into the brain and just finding a single memory to begin with? Could we jump-start that memory back to life,
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Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
since I'll just make you hungry or do you just feel slightly nauseated but you don't have you're not feeling hungry is
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Quote examples
Peter Beard
American Artist
I was extremely irritated being photographed for a long time, then I gave up caring. Photography is a nauseating cliche, but there is a lot to it. You can tell so much about a person from it. You are exaggerating the consciousness. It's life-thickening, photography.
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Robert Greene
English Playwright
I went to an extreme for literary purposes because I felt all the self-help books out there were so gooey and Pollyanna-ish and nauseating. It was making me angry.
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F. L. Lucas
English Critic
A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and owned, they are like the two sides of a ghastly disease.
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Charles Darwin
English Scientist
I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.
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John Kluge
German Businessman
I wouldn't write a book, because saying the word I over and over again would nauseate me.
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Jeff Foxworthy
American Comedian
Did you know babies are nauseated by the smell of a clean shirt?
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Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Indian Director
Bad behaviour on TV is quite nauseating and putting off.
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Zoe Ball
I've never liked Madonna, she's nauseating.
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Peter Beard
American Artist
I was extremely irritated being photographed for a long time, then I gave up caring. Photography is a nauseating cliche, but there is a lot to it. You can tell so much about a person from it. You are exaggerating the consciousness. It's life-thickening, photography.
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Robert Greene
English Playwright
I went to an extreme for literary purposes because I felt all the self-help books out there were so gooey and Pollyanna-ish and nauseating. It was making me angry.
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F. L. Lucas
English Critic
A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and owned, they are like the two sides of a ghastly disease.
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Charles Darwin
English Scientist
I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.
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John Kluge
German Businessman
I wouldn't write a book, because saying the word I over and over again would nauseate me.
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Jeff Foxworthy
American Comedian
Did you know babies are nauseated by the smell of a clean shirt?
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Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Indian Director
Bad behaviour on TV is quite nauseating and putting off.
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Zoe Ball
I've never liked Madonna, she's nauseating.
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