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nausea

nausea

91 3.0
A sick feeling in your stomach that makes you want to vomit
  • noun
  • /ˈnɔːziə/
translation icon : náusea
  • After eating the spoiled food, she was overcome with nausea and had to lie down.
  • nausea and vomiting
  • nausea and diarrhea
  • nausea and headache

The most common side effects are nausea, diarrhea, and heartburn.

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Examples

  • Women who are pregnant early in their pregnancy suffer from morning sickness, nausea, throwing up and so on.

  • This is the medicine for the nausea from the chemo.

  • A large percentage of those people either have had issues with side effects like nausea being the most common.

  • But so I took it and my nausea just disappeared.

  • I tried to stand, but waves of nausea pushed me back into the chair.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Then, with horror, I felt the nausea the nurse had warned me about.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The most common side effects are nausea, diarrhea, and heartburn.

  • Have you experienced any vomiting, nausea or diarrhea?

  • During her episodes of vertigo, she experienced nausea, vomiting, and decreased hearing in her left ear.

    Academic text (2003)
  • They also report other things, abdominal pain, back pain, nausea, shortness of breath and fatigue.

Synonyms

sickness
vsnausea
65 1.0

A strong feeling in the stomach that makes you want to throw up

refers to the same stomach upset but notes common causes like illness or motion
queasiness
vsnausea
3 5.8

A sick feeling in the stomach and a bit of worry

is a stronger feeling often with desire to vomit
vomity
vsnausea
8.8

Feeling like you are about to throw up

is the general stomach upset that may not include a strong urge
nauseousness
vsnausea
7.6

A quality that makes people feel sick or disgusted

refers only to the felt stomach upset rather than a causing quality

Antonyms

190 1.0

A feeling of physical ease and being free from pain

52 3.2

Good physical and mental health that people try to keep

How Sick

sickness
103 1.0
nausea
91 3.0
queasiness
3 5.8

Surface Forms

nausea singular
nauseas plural

Etymology

The word nausea comes from the Greek nausia, meaning 'seasickness', and from naus 'ship' because people first used it for being sick on boats. So, nausea now means the sick, queasy feeling that makes you feel like you might vomit, whether from motion or from strong disgust.