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nau·se·at·ing

(nô′zē-ā′tĭng, -zhē-, -sē-, -shē-)

adj.

1. Causing nausea; nauseous.

2. Causing disgust, loathing, or revulsion. See Usage Note at nauseous.

nau′se·at′ing·ly adv.

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nau•se•at•ing

(ˈnɔ ziˌeɪ tɪŋ, -ʒi-, -si-, -ʃi-)

adj.

1. causing nausea; nauseous.

2. such as to cause disgust, loathing, etc.

[1635–45]

nau′se•at`ing•ly, adv.

usage: See nauseous.

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Adj.

nauseating - causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

loathsome, nauseous, noisome, queasy, sickening, vile, offensive

unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"

nauseating

adjective

1. disgusting, offensive, appalling, nasty, foul, revolting, sickening, ghastly, vile, obnoxious, repulsive, odious, repugnant, loathsome, abhorrent, abominable, stomach-churning, stomach-turning, repellant, sick-making The judge described the offences as nauseating and unspeakable.

2. sickening, foul, revolting, sickly, odious, stomach-churning, putrid, stomach-turning, emetic, sick-making the nauseating smell of rotting garbage

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

nauseating

adjective

Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings:

atrocious, disgusting, foul, horrid, nasty, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, sickening, ugly, unwholesome, vile.

Translations

nauseating

[ˈnɔːsɪeɪtɪŋ] ADJ [smell] → nauseabundo; [crime, violence, hypocrisy] → repugnante, asqueroso
it was nauseating to see it → era repugnante or asqueroso verlo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

nauseating

[ˈnɔːzieɪtɪŋ] adj

[attitude, behaviour] → écœurant(e)

[smell, sight] → écœurant(e)
an ashtray full of old cigarette stubs, a nauseating sight → un cendrier plein de vieux mégots, une vision écœurante

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

nauseating

adj sight, smell, violence, food → ekelerregend; film, book, style → grässlich; hypocrisy → widerlich; person → ekelhaft, widerlich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

nauseating

[ˈnɔːzɪˌeɪtɪŋ] adj → nauseante (fig) → disgustoso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

nauseating

a. nauseabundo-a.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

nauseating

adj asqueroso, nauseabundo, que causa náusea(s)

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They were nasty amongst themselves as a matter of course; their disputes were nauseating in origin, in manner, in the spirit of mean selfishness.

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