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airsick

airsick

1 5.0
Feeling sick on a plane because it moves
  • adjective
  • /ˈɛrˌsɪk/
translation icon : mareado
  • I've been airsick.

Examples

  • Sork hoped it wasn't going to be airsick.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Add to which, I'm still airsick.

    Celebrity (1998)

  • Do you think he's airsick?

    Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)

  • I've been airsick.

    Fight or Flight (2025)

  • The gentlemen seated next to her came under suspicion because someone thought they took a long time in the bathroom (turns out one of them was airsick), and she was yanked out simply for sitting next to them.

    Blog text (14)

  • After a turbulent takeoff, I felt so airsick that I couldn't enjoy the flight.

  • She brought medication to help in case she got airsick on the long journey.

  • The pilot warned us that the air conditions could make some passengers airsick.

Synonyms

nauseous
vsairsick
66 4.4

Feeling like you will be sick

is limited to sickness caused by an aircraft in flight
nauseated
vsairsick
10 4.5

Feeling sick and likely to vomit

is restricted to sickness caused by aircraft movement
air sick
vsairsick
4.6

Feeling sick or dizzy when flying

is written as two separate words rather than a single word

Antonyms

well
142 1.0

In good health after being ill or hurt

How Nauseous

airsick
1 5.0
sick
579 1.0
queasy
30 4.1
unwell
18 1.0

Surface Forms

airsick positive

Morphology

airsick = air + sick (transparent) = air + sick

The meaning is a straightforward compound: feeling sick because of being in or exposed to the air/atmosphere of an aircraft.

Etymology

Airsick comes from simply putting air and sick together, so it literally means 'sick in the air' and follows the same pattern as seasick and carsick. That's why airsick describes feeling ill or having a bad stomach during a flight.