nauseous

Meanings

• adjective

  Feeling extreme discomfort, queasiness, or uneasiness in the stomach, often accompanied by the urge to vomit.

  - "I feel nauseous after eating spicy food."
  - "The pregnant woman was nauseous throughout her first trimester."

• adjective or verb

  Causing feelings of nausea.

  - "The strong smell of the fish was nauseous."
  - "The roller coaster ride left me feeling nauseous."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˈnɔːsɪəs/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=95442347"

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Synonyms

nauseating

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with nauseous
drowsiness , moldiness , sadness

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Variants

List of all variants of nauseous that leads to same result
nauseous , nauseously , nauseousness , nauseousnesses

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Etymology

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Derived from the Latin word 'nauseus' meaning seasick or sickly.

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Trivia

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1. Nausea is a common side effect of chemotherapy and radiation therapy used to treat cancer.

2. The longest recorded episode of vomiting lasted for 8 hours and 15 minutes.

3. In ancient Greece, it was believed that the goddess Aphrodite could cause nausea as a sign of her displeasure.

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Related Concepts

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1. motion sickness: A common cause of nausea, often experienced during travel or while watching moving images.

2. morning sickness: A type of nausea and vomiting that occurs during pregnancy, especially during the first trimester.

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Quotes

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1. She looked slightly "nauseous", as though she had just watched someone being sick. However, when she drew out her wand and pointed it at Barty Crouch, her hand was quite steady.

   - J. K. Rowling,{it}Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire{/it},2000

2. Personally, I think that writing must be a bit like pregnancy: It begins with a microscopic idea that with time grows and takes shape and comes alive. And often, when I get up in the morning and look at what I wrote the night before, sure enough—I become "nauseous".

   - Mike Nichols,{it}Life and other ways to kill time{/it},1988

3. Ermyn didn't take sugar, but she sipped the "nauseous" solution bravely, incapable of rebuffing a kindness.

   - Alice Thomas Ellis,{it}The Sin Eater{/it},1977

4. She unleashed, too, an olfactory effect of such "nauseous" potency as to make him gag and retch.

   - Salman Rushdie,{it}The Satanic Verses{/it},1989

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Culture

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Nausea has been a common theme in literature and art, often used to represent illness, fear, or unease. For example, in Emily Dickinson's poem 'I felt a Funeral, in my Brain', the poet describes a feeling of nausea and mental anguish.

How to Memorize "nauseous"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine the feeling of discomfort and uneasiness in your stomach, as if you are about to vomit.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'nauseous' with feelings of illness, discomfort, and the urge to vomit.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'Nausea: Nauseating smells, Nauseating sights, Nauseating feelings, Nauseating sounds, Nauseating tastes.'

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