nausea

Meaning

1. A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
2. Strong dislike or disgust.
3. Motion sickness.

Synonyms

disgust

sickness

queasiness

dizziness

qualm

faintness

aversion

loathing

seasickness

giddiness

nauseousness

abhorrence

faint

hatred

repulsion

vertigo

vomiting

feel nausea

ill will

insipidity

insipidness

execration

mawkishness

motion sickness

nauseated

dislike

particularly

puke

discomfort

qualmishness

contempt

queasy

nauseation

retching

cold

🥶

sea-sickness

shucks

sickliness

abomination

sliminess

squeamishness

surfeit

vapidity

boke

sicchasia

sick feeling

travel sickness

wamble

feeling sick

surge of anger

urge to vomit

sickness in the stomach

gagging

eyesore

bdelygmia

heave

illness

Hyphenated as

nau‧sea

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɔːzɪə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: nausea

In summary

From Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “sea-sickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. Displaced native Old English wlǣtta.