nauseated

adjective

1. affected with nausea; nauseous.

   The bumpy plane ride made me very nauseated.

2. filled with disgust.

   I feel nauseated when I read about corruption in city government.

Confusables Note

See nauseous.

Other Word Forms

• unnauseated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of nauseated¹

First recorded in 1650–1660, for an earlier sense; nauseat(e) ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The parade of cultural affinity clubs, diversity events and policies that sought to make the school more equitable nauseated Miller.

From Los Angeles Times

During the trial, the women said that Masterson served them drinks that made them disoriented and nauseated before he violently assaulted them at his Hollywood Hills home.

From Los Angeles Times

People who were nauseated by the drugs were more likely to report increased food waste.

From Science Daily

Turning to look at him — an almost-stranger I was about to embark on a coffee date with — I asked, “Is this in case I get nauseated?”

From Los Angeles Times

The effect can be vertiginous—so the way people avoid being nauseated is by trying to ignore the dissonance.

From Salon

When To Use

What does nauseated mean?

To be nauseated is to have nausea—to feel sick in your stomach, as if you might vomit. The word nauseous is more commonly used to mean the same thing.Nauseated is commonly used as an adjective, but it can also be the past tense of the verb nauseate, meaning to cause to feel nausea.The adjective nauseating means causing nausea (nauseous can also be used to mean this, but that’s much less common).The word nausea can also be used in a figurative way meaning a feeling of disgust, revulsion, or repulsion, and nauseated can be used to describe people who feel this way, meaning about the same thing as disgusted, as in I feel nauseated by their cruelty. Example: I’m not sure what has made me more nauseated—the disgusting food or the server’s disgusting comments.