NAUSEA

nausea /ˈnɔːziə/ (n): 

# [uncountable] ​the feeling that you have when you want to vomit, for example because you are sick or are shocked or frightened by something.

A wave of nausea swept over her.

Nausea and vomiting are common symptoms.

nauseate /ˈnɔːzieɪt/ (v): 

# ​nauseate somebody: to make somebody feel that they want to vomit.

The smell of meat nauseates me.

# nauseate somebody: to make somebody feel full of horror.

SYNONYM revolt (3), sicken (1);

I was nauseated by the violence in the movie.

nauseating /ˈnɔːzieɪtɪŋ/ (adj):

# ​making you feel that you want to vomit.

a nauseating smell

The smell was simply nauseating.

He woke to the nauseating smell of burning flesh.

# making you feel full of horror.

SYNONYM revolting, sickening (1);

his nauseating behaviour

He wrote me a really nauseating letter.

It was a nauseating attack on an innocent teenager.

The man's behaviour had been quite nauseating.

nauseatingly /ˈnɔːzieɪtɪŋli/ (adv):

# ​in a way that makes you feel that you want to vomit.

The boat swayed nauseatingly from side to side.

nauseous /ˈnɔːziəs/  /ˈnɔːʃəs/ (adj):

​# feeling as if you want to vomit.

She felt dizzy and nauseous.

# making you feel as if you want to vomit.

a nauseous smell.

vomit /ˈvɒmɪt/ /ˈvɑːmɪt/ (v):

(also informal throw up)

[intransitive, transitive]

# ​to bring food from the stomach back out through the mouth.

SYNONYM be sick;

The smell made her want to vomit.

vomit something up: He had vomited up his supper.

vomit something: The injured man was vomiting blood.

throw up /θrəʊ/ (phrasal verb):

# ​(informal) to vomit.

SYNONYM be sick;

The smell made me want to throw up.

throw something up (informal): ​to vomit food.

SYNONYM sick something up;

The baby's thrown up her dinner.

gargle

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