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nauseabundo

nauseating

adjective now-seh-ah-BOON-doh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Origin: From Latin nauseabundus.

Usage Note

Nauseabundo describes something that causes nausea — a smell, a sight, or figuratively a morally repugnant act. It is a formal or literary adjective; in everyday speech asqueroso or repugnante are far more common. The stress falls on the penultimate syllable, which trips learners expecting the accent on náusea.

Examples

"El olor del baño era nauseabundo."

Natural Translation

The smell of the bathroom was nauseating.

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