Adjective
- 1. nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile, unwholesome (vs. wholesome)
- usage: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
- 2. disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky, offensive (vs. inoffensive)
- usage: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
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