| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| nauseous, nauseated, nauseating (adjs.) |
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| The problem is whether nauseous can be restricted to meaning “causing nausea” and nauseated to meaning “feeling nausea,” which orderly division is what most Edited English tries to enforce. But alas for neatness, both adjectives have both meanings, though a few dictionaries insist that nauseous, meaning “feeling nausea,” is limited to Colloquial use. Best advice: follow the Edited English practice in speech and writing, and no one will object. In adjunct use nauseous and nauseating, meaning “causing nausea,” are roughly interchangeable in both adjunct and predicate adjective use and get a great deal of Standard figurative use meaning “sickening, disgusting.” | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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