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nauseous
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nauseous \Nau"seous\ (?; 277), a. [L. nauseosus.]
1. Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome;
disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or
medicine.
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2. Feeling nausea; as, nauseous from the effects of
chemotherapy.
[PJC] -- Nau"seous*ly, adv. -- Nau"seous*ness, n.
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The nauseousness of such company disgusts a
reasonable man. --Dryden.
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