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nausea

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈnɔːzɪə/
  • UK: /ˈnɔːsɪə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈnɔzi.ə/
  • US: /ˈnɔsi.ə/
  • US: /ˈnɔʒə/
  • US: /ˈnɔʃə/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈnɑzi.ə/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈnɑsi.ə/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈnɑʒə/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈnɑʃə/
  • rhymes with -ɔːziə
  • CMU ARPABET: N AO1 Z IY0 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • He got nausea after two hours of travelling on the plane.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Strong dislike or disgust.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Motion sickness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

disgust so strong it makes you feel sick

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disgust

5

noun

Meaning 5

the state that precedes vomiting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sickness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: symptom

Narrower terms: motion sickness, kinetosis, morning sickness, queasiness, squeamishness, qualm

History

Etymology

From Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “sea-sickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh2-. Displaced native Old English wlǣtta.

Across languages

Translations

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غَثْيَان (ḡaṯyān) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Armenian: սրտխառնոց (srtxaṙnocʻ) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Azerbaijani: ürəkbulanma — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Bhojpuri: उबकाई (ubəkāī) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Bulgarian: гадене (gadene) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Bulgarian: повдигане (povdigane) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Catalan: nàusea — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Chamicuro: upa'saknanisti — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 噁心 /恶心 (ěxīn) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Czech: nevolnost — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Czech: mdlo — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Danish: kvalme — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Dutch: misselijkheid — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Esperanto: naŭzo — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Finnish: pahoinvointi — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • French: nausée — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • West-Frisian: mier — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Galician: náusea — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Georgian: გულისრევა (gulisreva) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Georgian: გულძმარვა (gulʒmarva) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • German: Übelkeit — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Greek: ναυτία (naftía) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Ancient Greek: ναυσία (nausía) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Ancient Greek: ναυτία (nautía) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Ancient Greek: βδελυγμία (bdelugmía) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Hanunoo: alugahog — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Hebrew: בְּחִילָה (bḥilá) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Hindi: उबकाई (ubkāī) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Hungarian: hányinger — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Hungarian: émelygés — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Indonesian: mual — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Indonesian: nausea — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Irish: masmas — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Irish: adhascaid — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Italian: nausea — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Japanese: 吐き気 (hakike) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Japanese: 酔い (yoi) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Japanese: 悪心 (oshin) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Khmer: ដំណើរចង់ក្អួត (dâmnaeurchângkʼuŏt) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Korean: 구역질 (guyeokjil) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Central Kurdish: ھێلنج (hêlnic) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Ladino: enguyo — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Latvian: nelabums — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Latvian: sliktums — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Lithuanian: šleikštulys — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Lithuanian: pykinimas — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Macedonian: гадење (gadenje) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Manx: jiooldaght — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Māori: paipairuaki — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Māori: whakapairua — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Māori: whakapairuaki — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Marathi: मळमळ (maḷmaḷ) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvalme — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvalme — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Old English: wlǣtta — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Old English: wlǣtung — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Oromo: loca — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Persian: تهوع (tahavvo') — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Plautdietsch: Äakjel — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Polish: mdłości — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Polish: nudności — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Portuguese: náusea — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Portuguese: enjoo — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Romanian: greață — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Romanian: nausea — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Russian: тошнота́ (tošnotá) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Serbo-Croatian: мучнѝна — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Serbo-Croatian: наузѐја — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Serbo-Croatian: mučnìna — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Serbo-Croatian: nauzèja — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Spanish: náusea — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Swahili: kichefuchefu — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Swedish: illamående — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Tagalog: alibadbad — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Tagalog: dimarim — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Thai: คลื่นไส้ (klʉ̂ʉn-sâi) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Turkish: mide bulantısı — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Ukrainian: нудо́та (nudóta) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Urdu: ابکائی (ubkāī) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Urdu: متلی (matlī) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Urdu: غثیان (ġasayān) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Vietnamese: buồn nôn — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Welsh: cyfog — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Yiddish: ניטגוטקײַט (nitgutkayt) — feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
  • Armenian: զզվանք (zzvankʻ) — strong dislike or disgust
  • Bulgarian: отвращение (otvraštenie) — strong dislike or disgust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 厭惡 /厌恶 (yànwù) — strong dislike or disgust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嫌惡 /嫌恶 (xiánwù) — strong dislike or disgust
  • Esperanto: naŭzo — strong dislike or disgust
  • Finnish: etominen — strong dislike or disgust
  • French: nausée — strong dislike or disgust
  • French: dégoût — strong dislike or disgust
  • Galician: noxo — strong dislike or disgust
  • Galician: náusea — strong dislike or disgust
  • Galician: repulsión — strong dislike or disgust
  • German: Ekel — strong dislike or disgust
  • Greek: αηδία (aïdía) — strong dislike or disgust
  • Greek: ναυτία (naftía) — strong dislike or disgust
  • Greek: σιχασιά (sichasiá) — strong dislike or disgust
  • Greek: αναγούλα (anagoúla) — strong dislike or disgust
  • Hungarian: megcsömörlés — strong dislike or disgust
  • Hungarian: undorodás — strong dislike or disgust
  • Hungarian: undor — strong dislike or disgust
  • Hungarian: csömör — strong dislike or disgust
  • Irish: déistin — strong dislike or disgust
  • Italian: nausea — strong dislike or disgust
  • Japanese: 吐き気 (hakike) — strong dislike or disgust
  • Japanese: 嫌悪 (ken'o) — strong dislike or disgust
  • Polish: obrzydzenie — strong dislike or disgust
  • Polish: wstręt — strong dislike or disgust
  • Portuguese: desgosto — strong dislike or disgust
  • Portuguese: asco — strong dislike or disgust
  • Portuguese: repulsão — strong dislike or disgust
  • Romanian: dezgust — strong dislike or disgust
  • Russian: отвраще́ние (otvraščénije) — strong dislike or disgust
  • Serbo-Croatian: мучнѝна — strong dislike or disgust
  • Serbo-Croatian: наузѐја — strong dislike or disgust
  • Serbo-Croatian: mučnìna — strong dislike or disgust
  • Serbo-Croatian: nauzèja — strong dislike or disgust
  • Spanish: repulsión — strong dislike or disgust
  • Spanish: asco — strong dislike or disgust
  • Swahili: kichefuchefu — strong dislike or disgust
  • Thai: คลื่นไส้ (klʉ̂ʉn-sâi) — strong dislike or disgust
  • Turkish: iğrenmek — strong dislike or disgust
  • Ukrainian: відра́за (vidráza) — strong dislike or disgust