nauseated

adjective

1. affected with nausea; nauseous:

   The bumpy plane ride made me very nauseated.

2. filled with disgust:

   I feel nauseated when I read about corruption in city government.

Confusables Note

See nauseous.

Other Word Forms

• un·nause·ated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of nauseated¹

First recorded in 1650–1660, for an earlier sense; nauseat(e) ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

During the trial, the women said that Masterson served them drinks that made them disoriented and nauseated before he violently assaulted them at his Hollywood Hills home.

From Los Angeles Times

People who were nauseated by the drugs were more likely to report increased food waste.

From Science Daily

Turning to look at him — an almost-stranger I was about to embark on a coffee date with — I asked, “Is this in case I get nauseated?”

From Los Angeles Times

The effect can be vertiginous—so the way people avoid being nauseated is by trying to ignore the dissonance.

From Salon

So why would the committee members publish a document so likely to leave millions of Americans nauseated?

From Los Angeles Times