ˈnȯ]shəs, ]zēəs, ]sēəs, ]zhəs adjective
Etymology: Latin nauseosus causing nausea, from nausea + -osus -ous
1. : affected with or inclined to nausea : nauseated
began to feel nauseous
2. : causing or such as might be expected to cause nausea : sickening, loathsome , disgusting
a nauseous odor
nauseous hypocrisy
• nau·seous·ly adverb
• nau·seous·ness noun -es