nauseating

/ˈnɔziˌeɪtɪŋ/

Other forms: nauseatingly

Something nauseating makes you feel sick to your stomach. Your kitchen garbage can may be nauseating by the end of the week.

A bad smell or taste can be nauseating, but so can a terrible feeling or a horrible situation. The prospect of speaking in front of a crowd could be nauseating to you, or reading about a natural disaster. The adjective nauseating comes from nausea, which is a sick sensation or a feeling that you're about to vomit. The root of both words is the Latin nauseare, "to feel seasick, to vomit, or to feel disgust."

Definitions of nauseating

1. adjective

   causing or able to cause nausea
   “a nauseating smell”

   synonyms: loathsome, nauseous, noisome, offensive, queasy, sickening, vile

   unwholesome

   detrimental to physical or moral well-being