SuaviloquyToday’s word

nauseous

Nauseous, a.

Etymology: [L. nauseosus.]

Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine. -- Nau"seous*ly, adv. -- Nau"seous*ness, n. The nauseousness of such company disgusts a reasonable man. Dryden.

Shades of meaning

Fernald lists nauseous only as an antonym, under delicious.

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

Synonyms

none given

Antonyms