nauseate

3 definitions found

nauseate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nauseate \Nau"se*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Nauseated; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Nauseating.] [L. nauseare, nauseatum, fr. nausea.
     See Nausea.]
     To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with
     disgust.
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  Nauseate \Nau"se*ate\, v. t.
     1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel
        loathing or disgust.
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     2. To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe.
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              The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods.
                                                    --Blackmore.
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nauseate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nauseate
      v 1: upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the
           pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened
           the diners" [syn: sicken, nauseate, turn one's stomach
           ]
      2: cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The
         pornographic pictures sickened us" [syn: disgust, revolt,
         nauseate, sicken, churn up]