Nauseating (Adjective)
Meaning
Causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The hospital's cafeteria served a nauseating Jell-O mold that made everyone lose their appetite.
- The smell of rotten fish was nauseating and made it hard to walk along the beach.
- After eating the spicy burrito, she felt a nauseating sensation in her stomach that made her rush to the bathroom.
- The nauseating odor of the skunk's spray lingered in the air for hours after the animal had been chased away.
- The doctor had to perform a nauseating procedure to remove the infected tissue from the patient's wound.