Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A feeling of sickness in the stomach characterized by an urge to vomit. See Usage Note at nauseous.
- n. Strong aversion; disgust.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Seasickness; hence, any sensation of impending vomiting; qualm.
Wiktionary
- n. A feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit.
- n. Strong dislike or disgust.
- n. Sea-sickness.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the state that precedes vomiting
- n. disgust so strong it makes you feel sick
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Latin, from Greek nautiā, nausiē, seasickness, from nautēs, sailor, from naus, ship; see nāu- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“He wants "to feel the deep heat beating into his body, feel the body itself, reclaim the body from what he called the nausea of News and Traffic.”
“This is what he wanted, to feel the deep heat beating into his body, feel the body itself, reclaim the body from what he called the nausea of News and Traffic.”
“The trip involves a full day on the water, in nausea-making conditions.”
“Continued exposure to CO may result in nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances and difficulty in concentrating.”
“Soon after, Mendoza says he was given pills that resulted in nausea and diarrhea.”
“Another thing that helps with my nausea is to always keep a little bit of food in my tummy even if I just puked, and the best thing I can stomach is pre-canned chocolate slim-fast.”
“In fact, I feel my nausea from the last attempt vanishing again so next month I will give Paul another chance.”
“Your nausea is caused by your hormones building up in your liver and overflowing into your blood stream (yay! lots of hormones, blah, blah, blah, hearty embryo, etc).”
“[Link] Microfilm nausea is a well-documented ailment, and one that will remain with us until the last roll is digitized, and the last bulb burns out.”
“According to CNN on October 19, being infected with the intestinal form of anthrax results in "nausea, lack of appetite, and fever.”
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