-ēˌāt, usu -ād.+V verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin nauseatus, past participle of nauseare, from nausea
intransitive verb
1. : to become affected with nausea
2. : to feel disgust
transitive verb
1.
a. archaic : to reject with nausea or loathing : sicken at
b. : to feel disgust or aversion to : abhor , loathe
the mind nauseates the thought of processions of learned dunces — Holbrook Jackson
2.
a. : to cause to sicken : affect with nausea
was something in the dinner that nauseated him
b. : to create an aversion in : affect with loathing
the antics of Party discipline soon nauseated him — Eugene Gressman
Synonyms: see disgust