Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   nausea

   /ˈnɔːsɪə/

   noun

   • 1. a feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit: "a wave of nausea engulfed him" Similar sicknessbiliousnessqueasinessvomitingretchinggaggingtravel-sicknessseasicknesscarsicknessairsicknessmotion sicknessmorning sicknessaltitude sicknessinformal:throwing uppukingrare:qualms
   • ▪ a feeling of loathing or disgust: "the stories will launch a wave of public nausea and outrage" Similar disgustrevulsionrepugnancerepulsiondistasteaversionloathingabhorrencedetestationodiuminformal:yuck factorarchaic:disrelish

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Latin from Greek nausia, from naus ‘ship’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

   • A

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points