carsickness

[kahr-sik-nis]

noun

1. a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the car in which one is traveling.

Word History and Origins

Origin of carsickness¹

First recorded in 1905–10; carsick + -ness

Example Sentences

It's that feeling of alienation, this kind of mental carsickness that we all walk around with, that stuck-in-traffic feeling but in your mind that I think has really become the mood of the times.

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Road trips with children pose additional challenges, including breaking up backseat fights and keeping carsickness at bay.

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“An empty stomach can make symptoms of nausea worse, so make sure anybody prone to carsickness has a satiated belly and is hydrated,” she said.

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It didn’t take long to fall asleep then, which cured the carsickness.

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Tom sat in the right front, partly to keep him from teasing his siblings but also to be near the door when his carsickness took over.

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