Austerity may be painful, but it is unavoidable since undergoing such emetic periods is the essence of capitalism's process of investment and discovery

the emetic smell of vegetable shortening hit my nostrils

The day before, after months of soliciting and cursing, the emetic of a bribe had been administered to the right rat at the right office

this is nearly always tolerable if one is wholehearted about it and almost invariably emetic if one isn't