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  • 21sick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ill, ailing, diseased; nauseated; disgusted, fed up (sl.); bored. See disease, dislike. Ant., healthy, well. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ill, ailing, unwell, disordered, diseased, feeble, weak,… …

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  • 22nauseate — [[t]nɔ͟ːzieɪt[/t]] nauseates, nauseating, nauseated VERB If something nauseates you, it makes you feel as if you are going to vomit. [V n] The smell of frying nauseated her... [V ed] She could not eat anything without feeling nauseated. Syn:… …

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  • 23nauseate — UK [ˈnɔːzɪeɪt] / UK [ˈnɔːsɪeɪt] / US [ˈnɔʃɪˌeɪt] / US [ˈnɔzɪˌeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms nauseate : present tense I/you/we/they nauseate he/she/it nauseates present participle nauseating past tense nauseated past participle nauseated 1) to… …

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  • 24nauseous — adjective Date: 1612 1. causing nausea or disgust ; nauseating 2. affected with nausea or disgust • nauseously adverb • nauseousness noun Usage: Those who insist that nauseous can properly be used only in sense 1 and that in sense 2 it is an… …

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  • 25The Mad Gasser of Mattoon — (also known as The Anesthetic Prowler , The Mad Anesthetist , and The Phantom Anesthetist , The Mad Gasser of Roanoke , or simply Mad Gasser ) was the name given to the person or persons believed to be behind a series of apparent gas attacks that …

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  • 26nauseous — nauseously, adv. nauseousness, n. /naw sheuhs, zee euhs/, adj. 1. affected with nausea; nauseated: to feel nauseous. 2. causing nausea; sickening; nauseating. 3. disgusting; loathsome: a nauseous display of greed. [1595 1605; < L nauseosus. See&#8230; …

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  • 27ill, sick — These terms mean of unsound physical or mental health, unhealthy, diseased, afflicted, not well. In the United States, they are used interchangeably, with ill being considered the more formal and sometimes applied only to more serious maladies&#8230; …

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  • 28nauseous — adj. to feel nauseous USAGE NOTE: Some purists still claim that nauseous means only nauseating . In fact, most speakers now use it as a synonym of nauseated. * * * [ nɔːzɪəs] to feel nauseous (USAGE NOTE: Some purists still claim that nauseous&#8230; …

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  • 29ill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unwell, sick, indisposed; nauseated. See disease. adv. poorly, badly; wrongly, improperly; clumsily. See unskillfulness, badness. n. See evil. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Bad] Syn. evil, harmful,&#8230; …

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  • 30queasy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. nauseated; squeamish, uneasy; timid, fearful, apprehensive; finicky, skittish, jittery. See disease, fear. Ant., fearless, confident. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. nauseous, squeamish, sick to one s&#8230; …

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