nausea

[ naw-zee-uh, -zhuh, -see-uh, -shuh ]

noun

1. a feeling of sickness in the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
2. extreme disgust; loathing; repugnance.

nausea

/ ˈnɔːzɪə; -sɪə /

noun

1. the sensation that precedes vomiting
2. a feeling of disgust or revulsion

nausea

/ nô′zē-ə,-zhə /

1. A symptom characterized by gastrointestinal distress and an urge to vomit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nausea¹

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin nausea, nausia, from unattested Greek nausíā (Ionic nausíē ) “seasickness,” derivative of naûs “ship”; -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of nausea¹

C16: via Latin from Greek: seasickness, from naus ship

Example Sentences

Just pay attention to potential side effects such as dizziness or nausea.

From The Daily Beast

Yes, gridlock frustration and national debt nausea are understandable.

From The Daily Beast

The anti-nausea medicine, added to the I.V. a little bit later, has clearly worked.

From The Daily Beast

A 1975 article in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that THC is an effective anti-nausea therapy.

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If I was intensely sick, they might feel generous enough to call the medical team to give me a shot to stop the nausea.

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After his interview with Eloise, the Colonel had complained of nausea and faintness, and had gone early to bed.

From Project Gutenberg

He buckled dizzily with weakness and nausea, but then an invisible force jolted him upright and motionless.

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The only unpleasant effect that I have noted is nausea after large doses, sixty drops or more, and this in very few patients.

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But she trod down the momentary nausea with the resolute will that had always been hers.

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Slight nausea and pain in the back, headache and a soupçon of chill.

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Related Words

• airsickness
• biliousness
• car sickness
• mal de mer
• motion sickness
• nauseousness
• qualms
• queasiness
• regurgitation
• retching
• seasickness
• sickness
• squeamishness
• vomiting