Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A feeling of sickness in the stomach characterized by an urge to vomit.
- noun Strong aversion; disgust.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Seasickness; hence, any sensation of impending vomiting; qualm.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A feeling of
physical unwellness , usually with the desire tovomit . - noun Strong
dislike ordisgust . - noun
seasickness
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state that precedes vomiting
- noun disgust so strong it makes you feel sick
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He wants "to feel the deep heat beating into his body, feel the body itself, reclaim the body from what he called the nausea of News and Traffic."
Slate Magazine Judith Shulevitz 2010
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Continued exposure to CO may result in nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances and difficulty in concentrating.
Carbon Monoxide 2010
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Soon after, Mendoza says he was given pills that resulted in nausea and diarrhea.
Man alleges assault, unwanted pills at Narconon facility 2009
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The trip involves a full day on the water, in nausea-making conditions.
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This is what he wanted, to feel the deep heat beating into his body, feel the body itself, reclaim the body from what he called the nausea of News and Traffic.
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Another thing that helps with my nausea is to always keep a little bit of food in my tummy even if I just puked, and the best thing I can stomach is pre-canned chocolate slim-fast.
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Your nausea is caused by your hormones building up in your liver and overflowing into your blood stream (yay! lots of hormones, blah, blah, blah, hearty embryo, etc).
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In fact, I feel my nausea from the last attempt vanishing again so next month I will give Paul another chance.
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[Link] Microfilm nausea is a well-documented ailment, and one that will remain with us until the last roll is digitized, and the last bulb burns out.
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According to CNN on October 19, being infected with the intestinal form of anthrax results in "nausea, lack of appetite, and fever."
Coping Strategies P. J. O'Rourke 2002
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