Nausea
[ˈnɔ:ziə] or ['nɔzɪə]
Definition
(noun.) disgust so strong it makes you feel sick.
(noun.) the state that precedes vomiting.
Checker: Seymour--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.
Checker: Osbert
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Seasickness.[2]. Qualm, sickness of the stomach, inclination to vomit.[3]. Disgust, loathing, repugnance, aversion, strong dislike.
Typist: Suzy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Loathing, disgust, abomination, qualm, sea-sickness
ANT:Taste, relish, enjoyment
Typed by Ada
Definition
n. sea-sickness: any sickness of the stomach with a tendency to vomit: loathing.—adj. Nau′seant producing nausea.—n. a substance having this quality.—v.i. Nau′seāte to feel nausea or disgust.—v.t. to loathe: to strike with disgust.—n. Nauseā′tion.—adjs. Nau′seātive causing nausea or loathing; Nau′seous producing nausea: disgusting: loathsome.—adv. Nau′seously.—n. Nau′seousness.
Editor: Matt
Examples
- The disgust went to the very bottom of him, a nausea. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mrs. Yeobright attempted to drink, but it was so warm as to give her nausea, and she threw it away. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- His indefinite nausea would not let him stay. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Yet she shuddered with a sense of nausea, a sort of seasickness that always threatened to overwhelm her mind. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Once more he essayed the effort, but a qualm of nausea overwhelmed him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But the nausea of death began to creep back on him, in reaction. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Only now she was weary, with an ache like nausea. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At any rate we'll spare ourselves the nausea of stirring the old broth any more. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Michelle