From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Nauseous \Nau"seous\ (?; 277), a. [L. nauseosus.]
1. Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome;
disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or
medicine.
[1913 Webster]
2. Feeling nausea; as, nauseous from the effects of
chemotherapy.
[PJC] -- {Nau"seous*ly}, adv. -- {Nau"seous*ness}, n.
[1913 Webster]
The nauseousness of such company disgusts a
reasonable man. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nauseous
adj 1: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell";
"nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn:
{nauseating}, {nauseous}, {noisome}, {queasy},
{loathsome}, {offensive}, {sickening}, {vile}]
2: feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit [syn: {nauseated},
{nauseous}, {queasy}, {sick}, {sickish}]
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