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Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine.

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  1. a. Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine.
  2. adj. causing or able to cause nausea
  3. adj. feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
  4. Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine. -- Nau"seous*ly, adv. -- Nau"seous*ness, n. The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. Dryden.
  5. Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome;disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine.-- Nau"seous*ly, adv.-- Nau"seous*ness, n.The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. Dryden.
  6. j:100 s causing or able to cause nausea s feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit