different between nauseous vs wallowish
nauseous
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n??z??s/, /?n??s??s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n????s/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?n????s/
Etymology
From Latin nause?sus (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to nausea +? -ous.
Adjective
nauseous (comparative more nauseous, superlative most nauseous)
- Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting. [from 17th c.]
- 1786, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana, 27 June:
- [T]he Italians grossness of Conversation is still very offensive & nauseous, tho' long accustomed to it.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:
- And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?
- 1786, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana, 27 June:
- (obsolete) Inclined to nausea; sickly, squeamish. [17th c.]
- (sometimes proscribed) Afflicted with nausea; sick. [from 19th c.]
- 1848, Samuel Hahnemann, The Chronic Diseases, Their Specific Nature and Their Homeopathic Treatment: Antipsoric Remedies, Volume 2:
- After he had scarcely eaten enough, he felt nauseous; but nausea ceased as soon as he stopped eating entirely, …
- 1878, The North American Journal of Homeopathy, Volume 27:
- […] during stretching the patient felt nauseous …
- 2010, Tom Smith, The Guardian, 4 Sep 2010:
- Is it a myth that you shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics? I often do and haven't felt remotely nauseous.
- 1848, Samuel Hahnemann, The Chronic Diseases, Their Specific Nature and Their Homeopathic Treatment: Antipsoric Remedies, Volume 2:
Usage notes
Some state that nauseous should be used as synonymous with nauseating. AHD4 notes that that in common usage, nauseous is synonymous with nauseated.
Synonyms
- nauseating - causing disgust rather than nausea
Translations
See also
- nauseated - afflicted with nausea
- queasy
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wallowish
English
Etymology
wallow +? -ish
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?w?l????/
Adjective
wallowish (comparative more wallowish, superlative most wallowish)
- (archaic) Tasteless or having an unpleasant taste; nauseous, sickly-sweet.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, pp.206-7:
- I have eaten some, whereof the taste is somewhat sweet and wallowish.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, pp.206-7:
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