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nauseousness

noun

as in nausea
a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting the nervousness I experienced before getting on the roller coaster paled in comparison to the nauseousness I suffered soon afterwards

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  1. nausea
  2. sickness
Noun
  • Typical symptoms are a high fever, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle, bone or joint pain, nausea and vomiting, swollen glands, and skin rash.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Adjust workouts by reducing intensity or duration if fatigue or nausea from GLP-1 medications makes exercise difficult.
    — Kristen Gasnick, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of nausea
Noun
  • Mao’s resolution treated each of these as a sickness that could sometimes be cured through a regimen of criticism and self-criticism in front of peers.
    — ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • In Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, evil is a native sickness that contaminates an otherwise perfect, unsullied child of empire.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of sickness
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“Nauseousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nauseousness. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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