1
as in sickness
a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting
symptoms include fever accompanied by a loss of appetite and nausea
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as in disgust
a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness
such graphic scenes of senseless violence fill me with nausea
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Recent Examples of nausea
More than 40% reported nausea, and almost 25% reported vomiting as a side effect of the drugs.
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Healthy persons infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 Apr. 2026
This includes patients who experience nausea and pain while undergoing cancer treatments, multiple sclerosis patients with severe muscle spasm and stiffness, and chronic pain patients who strive to find relief without using opioids.
—Carey S. Cadieux, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
Apple’s songs invite us back to the euphoria of attraction and the nausea of repulsion.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Healthy persons infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 Apr. 2026
This includes patients who experience nausea and pain while undergoing cancer treatments, multiple sclerosis patients with severe muscle spasm and stiffness, and chronic pain patients who strive to find relief without using opioids.
—Carey S. Cadieux, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
Apple’s songs invite us back to the euphoria of attraction and the nausea of repulsion.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nausea
Noun
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City officials did not immediately respond to a question Thursday afternoon about whether any bacterial sickness in humans had been reported.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The turmoil within the Star Wars fandom, in Carano’s telling, is a microcosm of a broader sickness.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Repulsion, disgust, and ambivalence can all find rootedness in horror.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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Some also voiced their disgust during the protests in September.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the centuries since colonists waged war against the crown, American’s attitudes toward the royals have shifted from hatred to adoration.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Who knows the horrors of the seas like HERMAN MELVILLE?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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The psychological horror film, starring Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson and Zazie Beetz, was distributed by Hulu in the United States and Netflix internationally.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Nausea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nausea. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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