stomach-churning

[ stuhm-uhk-chur-ning ]

adjective

1. causing nausea.
2. causing a queasy feeling in one’s stomach, as from anxiety, anger, or disgust:

   The car accident was a stomach-churning sight.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stomach-churning¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Yet that same stomach-churning tendency also causes vultures to be indispensable to human ecosystems, since the rotting carcasses contain dangerous diseases that could spread to humans if not ingested by more iron-stomached scavengers.

From Salon

Under the club beats and stomach-churning synth drops, she sings about social anxiety, body image and career insecurities.

From BBC

The jump was even bigger in another corner of Wall Street well accustomed to stomach-churning swings, both up and down.

From Seattle Times

In a press statement, the study's author described how the research team made the stomach-churning discovery that a pattern existed for Alaska's rivers.

From Salon

On the latter question, we do have an answer, though it is stomach-churning: Yes.

From Salon