nausea
A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
Example
“He got nausea after two hours of travelling on the plane.”
Other meanings
Strong dislike or disgust.
Motion sickness.
Synonyms
- sickness
Related words
- antinausea
- nauseate
- nauseous
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ναυσία" (sea-sickness).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “nausea” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.