SuaviloquyToday’s word

nauseate

Nauseate, v. t.

1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust.

2. To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe. The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods. Blackmore.

1 other Webster entry under this spelling

Nauseate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Nauseated; p. pr. & vb. n. Nauseating.]

To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for nauseate; he lists it under abhor.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.