nauseous
adj.adj. feeling like you are about to vomit or be sick. You might feel this way if you eat bad food or travel in a car for too long.
adj. affected with a sensation of sickness in the stomach and an impulse to vomit. While traditionally meaning 'causing nausea', modern usage almost exclusively refers to the state of feeling ill.
The smell of the old fish made me feel nauseous.
She began to feel nauseous as the small boat rocked back and forth in the rough waves.
The patient reported feeling increasingly nauseous following the administration of the new medication, though the sensation usually subsided within an hour.
From Latin nauseōsus (“causing nausea”), corresponding synchronically to nausea + -ous.
Often follows linking verbs such as 'feel', 'become', or 'grow'.
The movie was so nauseous.The movie was so nauseating.In careful or formal writing, 'nauseous' describes the person feeling sick, while 'nauseating' describes the thing that causes the feeling.