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nauseate

nau·se·ate
N n

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [naw-zee-eyt, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-]
    • /ˈnɔ ziˌeɪt, -ʒi-, -si-, -ʃi-/
    • /ˈnɔː.zi.eɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [naw-zee-eyt, -zhee-, -see-, -shee-]
    • /ˈnɔ ziˌeɪt, -ʒi-, -si-, -ʃi-/

Definitions of nauseate word

  • verb with object nauseate to affect with nausea; sicken. 1
  • verb with object nauseate to cause to feel extreme disgust: His vicious behavior toward the dogs nauseates me. 1
  • verb without object nauseate to become affected with nausea. 1
  • noun nauseate See nauseous.   1
  • noun nauseate Make (someone) feel sick; affect with nausea. 1
  • transitive verb nauseate disgust physically, make sick 1

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Origin of nauseate

First appearance:

before 1630
One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1630-40, nauseate is from the Latin word nauseātus (past participle of nauseāre to be seasick). See nausea, -ate1

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Parts of speech for Nauseate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

nauseate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

nauseate usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for nauseate

verb nauseate

  • horrify — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
  • sicken — disgust
  • repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
  • disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
  • bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.

Antonyms for nauseate

verb nauseate

  • attract — If something attracts people or animals, it has features that cause them to come to it.
  • soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
  • please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?

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