Synonyms of vomiting

vomiting

verb

present participle of vomit

as in hurling

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth

the children with the flu vomited every time they tried to eat something

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurling
• gagging
• heaving
• puking
• retching
• barfing
• ejecting
• upchucking
• throwing up
• spitting up
• spewing
• losing one's lunch
• regurgitating
• tossing one's cookies
• expelling
• disgorging
• nauseating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vomiting

At one point the Spaniard could be seen vomiting into a towel. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026

In a phone interview with The Associated Press, Rodríguez Verona said survivors were disoriented and dehydrated, with many collapsing or vomiting upon reaching land. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

The people who genuinely benefit are those vomiting or experiencing diarrhoea badly enough to be dehydrated. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

When his parents brought him to an emergency room, his symptoms were vomiting, fatigue, lethargy, and weakness. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026

May appeared intoxicated and was apparently vomiting, the report alleges. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

All along the parapets, Ormund’s child soldiers are vomiting and pissing themselves. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Like fainting, craving pickles, or struggling to wiggle into skinny jeans, vomiting, in the cultural imagination, is a stand-in for imminent motherhood, as legible as any pregnancy test. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

Any attempt to recapture their childhoods was quickly quashed, however, as exemplified by Dee getting her hair caught in a drop-tower ride and Dennis vomiting right next to her. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026