Also means
to dishearten
Usage Note
Écoeurer comes from coeur (heart) with the prefix é-, suggesting something that 'turns the heart'. It covers both literal nausea and the figurative sense of demoralising or sickening someone. The adjective écoeurant (disgusting, sickening) is widely used in colloquial speech.
Examples
"Cette odeur m'a complètement écoeuré."
Natural Translation
That smell completely disgusted me.

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