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Nauseating

Causing disgust, revulsion or loathing

📖 Definitions of "Nauseating"

adjective
  1. 1

    Causing disgust, revulsion or loathing

  2. 2

    Causing nausea

🔄 Synonyms of "Nauseating"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
vilenounMorally low; base; despicable.
loathsomeHighly offensive; abominable, sickening.
offensivenounCausing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
noisome(literary) Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
nauseousCausing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
sickeningnounCausing sickness or disgust.
unwholesomeNot wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Nauseating"

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WordDefinition
noisome(literary) Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
unwholesomeNot wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.
loathsomeHighly offensive; abominable, sickening.
sickeningCausing sickness or disgust.
vileMorally low; base; despicable.
offensiveCausing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
nauseousCausing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
disgustingCausing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
repugnantOffensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
odiousArousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
repulsiveTending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.
distasteful(figuratively) Unpleasant.
sick(less common in the UK and Ireland) In poor health; ill.
abhorrentAbhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
nastyContemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
unsavoury(British spelling) Alternative spelling of unsavory. [Not savory; without flavor.]
repellentRepulsive, inspiring aversion.
revoltingrepulsive, disgusting
revellent(obsolete, medicine) Causing revulsion; revulsive.
foulDishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.

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