Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nauseous

/ˈnɔʃəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables: nau-seous
IPA: /ˈnɔʃəs/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.

adj

Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish.

Obsolete

adj

Afflicted with nausea; sick.

Example Sentences

"[…] And flattery tipt with nauseous fleer, And guilty shame, and servile fear, Envy, and cruelty, and pride, Will in your tainted heart preside."
"[T]he Italians grossness of Conversation is still very offensive & nauseous, tho' long accustomed to it."
"And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?"
"After he had scarcely eaten enough, he felt nauseous; but nausea ceased as soon as he stopped eating entirely, …"
"[…] during stretching the patient felt nauseous …"
"Is it a myth that you shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics? I often do and haven't felt remotely nauseous."

Etymology

From Latin nauseōsus (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to nausea + -ous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: nauseōsus
Suffix: nausea

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈnɔʃəs/
British English: /ˈnɔːziːəs/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more nauseous (comparative) most nauseous (superlative)

Derived Forms

nauseously nauseousness

Frequently Paired Words

nauseated queasy

Synonyms

nauseating nauseated queasy sick sickish noisome loathsome offensive sickening vile

Rhymes With

cautious

Questions

How do you pronounce nauseous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɔʃəs/.
What does nauseous mean?: Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
Where does nauseous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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