Entry Word: nausea

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting <symptoms include fever accompanied by a loss of appetite and nausea>

Synonyms qualmishness, queasiness, queerness, sickness, squeamishness

Related Words qualm; airsickness, morning sickness, motion sickness, seasickness

2 a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness <such graphic scenes of senseless violence fill me with nausea> — see disgust