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seasick

adj · 2 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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  • /ˈsiːsɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːsɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: S IY1 S IH2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Suffering from sickness, nausea or dizziness due to the motion of a ship or boat at sea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • People who get seasick easily shouldn't join the navy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

experiencing motion sickness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: airsick, air sick, carsick

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English see seke, equivalent to sea + sick.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: seesiek — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Bulgarian: страдащ от морска болест (stradašt ot morska bolest) — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Catalan: marejat — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 晕船的 — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Danish: søsyg — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Dutch: zeeziek — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • German: seekrank — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Hungarian: tengeribeteg — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Icelandic: sjóveikur — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Latvian: jūrasslims — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Malay: mabuk laut — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjøsyk — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjøsjuk — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjøsjuk — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Plautdietsch: seekrank — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Russian: страда́ющий морско́й боле́знью (stradájuščij morskój boléznʹju) — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Sindhi: هانَوَ ڪچو (hānaua kco) — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Sindhi: سمنڊَ بيزار (sm̃ḍa bezār) — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Swedish: sjösjuk — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Swedish: rörelsessjuk — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Vietnamese: say sóng — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Volapük: melamalädik — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea
  • Welsh: sâl môr — ill due to the motion of a ship at sea