"nauseating" in the verb sense
1. sicken, nauseate, turn one's stomach
upset and make nauseated
"The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"
"The mold on the food sickened the diners"
2. disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
cause aversion in offend the moral sense of
"The pornographic pictures sickened us"
"nauseating" in the adjective sense
1. nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile
causing or able to cause nausea
"a nauseating smell"
"nauseous offal"
"a sickening stench"
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