seasickness
/ˈsiːsɪk.nəs/
seasickness noun: nausea, dizziness, etc. caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness.
Noun
seasickness (usually uncountable, plural seasicknesses)
- Nausea, dizziness, etc. caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness.
- Synonyms:
- naupathia, sea-sickening
seasickness meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog
seasickness in Tamil
- கடல்பாசி
seasickness in Malayalam
- seasickness
- ചൊരുക്ക് corukkŭ
seasickness in Kannada
- ಕಡಲುಬೇನೆ, ಕಡಲುಪಿತ್ತ, ಸಮುದ್ರಬೇನೆ, ಸಮುದ್ರಪಿತ್ತ
seasickness in Tagalog
- a feeling of nausea caused by the motion of a ship
- lula, pagkalula, sawan
More languagesFewer languages
- seasickness in Arabic
- دُوَار اَلْبَحْر duwār al-baḥr, مَيْد mayd
- seasickness in Malay
- mabuk laut
Synonyms of seasickness
Forms of seasickness
| plural | seasicknesses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sea-sickness |
| alternative form | sea sickness |
Origin of seasickness
From seasick + -ness or sea + sickness. Compare Middle English seknesse of the see (“seasickness”, literally “sickness of the sea”).
Questions about seasickness
- What does seasickness mean?
- Seasickness means nausea, dizziness, etc. caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness.
- What is seasickness in Tamil?
- Seasickness in Tamil is கடல்பாசி. See Seasickness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is seasickness?
- Seasickness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce seasickness?
- Seasickness is pronounced /ˈsiːsɪk.nəs/.
- What is the plural of seasickness?
- The plural of seasickness is seasicknesses.
Words near seasickness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seasickness (page history and authors); seasickness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ചൊരുക്ക് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); seasickness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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