airsick

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Recent Examples of airsick If perfected, the same principle could help passengers who get carsick, seasick, or airsick. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airsick
Adjective
  • On the yacht, Cherry mostly feels seasick while Brigitte and Daniel play together in the water.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Danson experimented with hallucinogens and got extremely seasick.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • Tsvyk immediately felt nauseous and vomited on the floor after eating the dessert.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Mel initially thought her sister might have been pranking her before becoming nauseous at the thought that her own brother was behind the murders of four college students.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • To reach the house, visitors drive up the dark, narrow mountain road hemmed in on both sides by foliage, before arriving, slightly carsick, slightly confused, at the low-slung residence with a modest roofline.
    Kristina Linnea Garcia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
  • While carpooling to school, he gets stuck in the middle seat and feels carsick.
    Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Even a not-so-big city like Oslo (pop. 700,000, curfew 3 a.m.) might spark the same feeling—a queasy combination of glamour and isolation, arrogance and melancholy.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Specifically, as viewers pointed out, crew members can literally be seen roaming around the set in certain scenes — including during a queasy fan-favorite moment from Season 1, Episode 7.
    Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether his work on Anderson’s woozy epic of resistance is his personal best is debatable — the competition is fierce.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The wistfulness with which the movie treats her is the wooziest thing of all.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • When Diana got squeamish about doing the interview and appeared to reconsider, Bashir added another lie.
    Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Set in the Italian opera world of the 1700s, Rice’s novel tells the not-for-the-squeamish story of two male soprano singers who were castrated as boys in order to maintain their high voices.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Signs of dehydration include dry mouth and throat, infrequent urination and feeling dizzy when standing up.
    James Powel, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Some people may feel dizzy or faint when working out in a fasted state, which can be dangerous if lifting heavy weights.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 8 Jan. 2026

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“Airsick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airsick. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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