airsickness
1
5.6
- noun
- /ˈɛrˌsɪk.nəs/
:
mareo aéreo
- My wineglass is empty; I wedge it between an airsickness bag and an in-flight magazine in the pocket in front of me.
- airsickness bag
Examples
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But I'm prone to airsickness.
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A Delt followed him, then Wili Tschopp, morose and shaky from his airsickness.
Fiction book (1997) -
Sorry about that whole airsickness episode.
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Do you feel the airsickness?
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The jurors turn pale and reach for the airsickness.
Fiction book (1993) -
She enjoyed being in different places but couldn't travel to them: airsickness.
Fiction book (1995) -
A couple of the passengers were discreetly puking into airsickness bags.
Fiction book (1991) -
Airsickness was still a common affliction aboard unpressurized, propeller-driven airliners forced to fly at lower altitudes through the most turbulent air.
Academic text (2003) -
Many travelers experience airsickness during turbulent flights.
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He always keeps an airsickness bag handy when flying home.
Synonyms
91
3.0
A sick feeling in your stomach that makes you want to vomit
11
3.0
Feeling dizzy and sick when you travel in cars, boats or planes
3
5.8
A sick feeling in the stomach and a bit of worry
1
3.2
A feeling of sickness and dizziness during a plane flight
Antonyms
How Nauseous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Airsickness is made of air ('the sky or the air around us') and sickness ('feeling ill'). So airsickness is the feeling of being sick or dizzy on a plane when the movement in the air upsets your body, much like seasickness on a boat or carsickness in a car.