Definition of NAUSEOUS

nauseous

Adjective Satellite

  • causing or able to cause nausea
    • "nauseous offal"
  • feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

Adj

  • Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
  • Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish.
  • Afflicted with nausea; sick.

Adjective

  • Feeling sick and inclined to vomit.

Examples

  • He felt nauseous after realizing he missed a bingo on his last turn.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 8

nauseous: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
nauseous: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nauseous: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

nauseous: valid Words With Friends Word