nausea
Syllables: nau·sea/ˈnɔːzɪə/US/ˈnɔzi.ə/
nausea noun: a feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
Noun
nausea (usually uncountable, plural nauseas or nauseae or nauseæ)
- A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
- He got nausea after two hours of travelling on the plane.
- Strong dislike or disgust.
- Motion sickness.
nausea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nausea in Hindi
- feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- उबकाई ubkāī
nausea in Tamil
- குமட்டுதல், வயிறுபுரட்டல், வாய்குமட்டல், கடற்குமட்டனோய், புரட்டு, குமட்டல்
nausea in Marathi
- feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- मळमळ maḷmaḷ
nausea in Urdu
- feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- ابکائی ubkāī, متلی matlī, غثیان ġasayān
More languagesFewer languages
- nausea in Bengali
- বিবমিষা bibmiśa
- nausea in Telugu
- డోకు ḍōku
- nausea in Malayalam
- ഓക്കാനം ōkkānaṁ
- nausea in Kannada
- ಓಕರಿಕೆ, ಪಿತ್ತೋದ್ರೇಕ, ಹೊಟ್ಟೆ ತೊಳಸುವಿಕೆ, ಅಸಹ್ಯವಾಗುವಿಕೆ
- nausea in Punjabi
- ਉਬਾਕ ubāk
- nausea in Gujarati
- ઊબક ūbak, ઉછાળો uchāḷo
- nausea in Odia
- ବାନ୍ତି ହେବା
- nausea in Nepali
- मतली
- nausea in Tagalog
- alibadbad, dimarim
- nausea in Arabic
- غَثْيَان ḡaṯyān
- nausea in Indonesian
- mual, nausea
- nausea in Persian
- تهوع tahavvo'
- nausea in Thai
- คลื่นไส้ klʉ̂ʉn-sâi
- nausea in Vietnamese
- buồn nôn
Examples of nausea in a sentence
- The patient complained of headache, nausea, and joint pain.
- The norovirus causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramping.
- Alicia hated the person who had invented pan and scan, since the heightened panning effect aggravated her nausea when watching action movies.
Forms of nausea
| plural | nauseas |
|---|---|
| plural | nauseae |
| plural | nauseæ |
Origin of nausea
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.
Words formed from nausea
Questions about nausea
- What does nausea mean?
- Nausea means a feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
- What is nausea in Hindi?
- Nausea in Hindi is उबकाई (ubkāī). See Nausea meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nausea?
- Nausea is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nausea?
- Nausea is pronounced /ˈnɔːzɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nausea?
- The plural of nausea is nauseas.
Words near nausea in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nausea (page history and authors); nausea (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বিবমিষা (Bengali) (page history and authors); డోకు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ഓക്കാനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); nausea (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਉਬਾਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ઉછાળો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); nausea (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nausea (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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