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as in sickness
a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting
symptoms include fever accompanied by a loss of appetite and nausea
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as in disgust
a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness
such graphic scenes of senseless violence fill me with nausea
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Recent Examples of nausea
Room spinning, bucket-seeking, motivation-killing nausea.
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Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2025
She was sent back to the recovery center housing her with pain and nausea medications.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Other reported side effects include nausea, bloating, and burping.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 14 Jan. 2025
There might be even side effects of eating your placenta, including nausea and hot flashes.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
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Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2025
She was sent back to the recovery center housing her with pain and nausea medications.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Other reported side effects include nausea, bloating, and burping.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 14 Jan. 2025
There might be even side effects of eating your placenta, including nausea and hot flashes.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for nausea
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nausea
Noun
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The program will grant them access to insurance for sickness and maternity, work risks, disability and life, retirement, and for severance in advanced age and old age.—
Fernanda González,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
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Outside, in the buttery December sunlight, Rowan and Amelia vowed to cherish each other always, in sickness and in health, in poverty and wealth.—
Becca Andrews,
Them,
13 Jan. 2025
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My read is that Corbet is pointedly leading the viewer to pore over the specifics of Tóth’s fate: Although the director’s disgust for the hollowness of the institution that Tóth tries, and ultimately fails, to navigate is thuddingly clear, what happens next to the character is more oblique.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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From celebrities to plutocrats like Elon Musk, there’s more disgust with the elite than ever.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
31 Dec. 2024
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Hannah condemned hatred of Muslims in the strongest terms possible, and Pandith did the same against antisemitism.—
Hannah Rosenthal and David Saperstein,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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However, with new strains breaking out and lockdowns needing to be reinstated, Ardern quickly became a target of fringe groups like anti-vaxxers and far-right conspiracy theorists importing Trump’s hatred to the other side of the world.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Isn't finding out the answer to those questions part of what makes horror great?—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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The film is supernatural body horror goodness from debut filmmaker Michael Shanks.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Nausea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nausea. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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