Nauseat

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To make a person feel queasy or sickened, often by something offensive or unpleasant to the senses
2. To fill someone with revulsion so that they feel as though they might vomit
3. Causing a strong sense of disgust or physical sickness in a person through something repellent

Etymology: The word "nausea" comes from Greek "nausia," meaning seasickness, and the Greek comes from "naus," meaning "ship." The same ancient root gave Latin "navis" (ship), which is why "navy" and "naval" share it. Sickness at sea was the original sense, and the broader meaning of feeling queasy came later. "Nauseate" is the verb form, built from the Latin past participle "nauseatus," and English began using it in the early seventeenth century. Its first sense was to feel or cause seasickness or disgust, and the verb has kept that meaning of making someone feel sick or repelled.