nauseate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb upset and make nauseated
    sicken; turn one's stomach.
    • The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
    • The mold on the food sickened the diners
  2. verb cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
    sicken; revolt; churn up; disgust.
    • The pornographic pictures sickened us

WordNet

Nau"se*ate intransitive verb
Etymology
L. nauseare, nauseatum, fr. nausea. See Nausea.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Nauseated ; present participle & verbal noun Nauseating
Definitions
  1. To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
Nau"se*ate transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust.
  2. To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe.
    The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods. Blackmore.

Webster 1913