as in to disgust
to cause to feel disgust
such hateful graffiti would nauseate anyone with an ounce of human decency
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Recent Examples of nauseate
For Lucy, the idea that Stephen changed for someone else is both nauseating and an impossible thing to consider.
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Dana Feldman, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
What this means in gory practice is that, after just one injection, Moore’s spine splits open—a goopy, grisly sequence that is wildly fun, if nauseating, to behold—and a shiny, taut new body (Margaret Qualley, looking resplendent) slithers out.
—The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
This is especially helpful for people who are too nauseated to drink water.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
Some people inhale the scent of lavender with joy, while others are nauseated by the sweet aroma.
—Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2024
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Dana Feldman, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
What this means in gory practice is that, after just one injection, Moore’s spine splits open—a goopy, grisly sequence that is wildly fun, if nauseating, to behold—and a shiny, taut new body (Margaret Qualley, looking resplendent) slithers out.
—The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
This is especially helpful for people who are too nauseated to drink water.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
Some people inhale the scent of lavender with joy, while others are nauseated by the sweet aroma.
—Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nauseate
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The Republicans who rid us of Nixon in 1974 would be disgusted.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Many of us today are disgusted by the identity politics and divisive rhetoric used so much now by those in government and in the media to polarize and control us in the pursuit of their self-interests.Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
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Farm workers who have been sickened on the job may have also been eye-level with infected animals.Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024
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An American, two Danish tourists, and a 19-year old from Australia — Bianca Jones — have died, while multiple people were sickened in Vang Vieng, a town popular with backpackers and tourists in Laos, the Associated Press says.Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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But what was considered heroic in one era can repulse future generations.Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024
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Neither club emerges with any credit from the several days Gallagher spent in limbo in Madrid or training alone at Cobham, and the cold accounting calculations involved on both sides reflect ‘Big Football’ in 2024 in a way that understandably repulses many people.Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
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That kind of appalls me to think that people need not expect that of themselves.David Marchese Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
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What appalls him now is a lack of accountability in Netanyahu’s government.David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
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The owner of a day care where a 1-year-old boy died of fentanyl poisoning and three other children were sickened pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges, resolving a case that horrified New York City and underscored the scourge of the nation’s fentanyl epidemic.Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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In between, parents horrified by Blink’s relentless onstage cursing.Ramon Ramirez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Nauseate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseate. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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