nauseous
Ready to retch
Nauseous originally meant causing nausea, so it can be comical to reflect on what someone means when they say, “I am nauseous.” In popular usage, however, people use nauseous after linking verbs to mean nauseated, or feeling sick to their stomachs: Being on a boat makes me nauseous.
Mildly sick to stomach
- sickUnwell or impressively cool
- vomitEject stomach contents
- dizzySensation of spinning
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
stomachache · unwell · pallor · sweats · chills · vertigo · retching · gagging
Causing disgust or nausea
- stomach-churningCausing visceral disgust
- grossTotal before subtractions
- foulOffensive or illegal
- putridDecomposed and foul-smelling
rancid · fetid · rank · reeking · vile · repulsive · revolting · disgusting
Intense physical disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
- distasteMild aversion or dislike
abhorrence · sickened · repelled · revolted · grossed out · turned off · put off · offended
Painful stomach after meals
- heartburnGastric acid irritation
- gastricOf the stomach
- dyspepsiaImpaired digestion causing discomfort
- gastrointestinalRelating to digestive tract
upset stomach · bile · acidic · peptic · bloated · reflux · stomach-turning · gastroenteritis
queasy
Mildly sick to stomach
lightheaded · stomachache · unwell · pallor · sweats · chills · vertigo · retching · gagging · heaving
sickening
Causing disgust or nausea
- stomach-churningCausing visceral disgust
- grossTotal before subtractions
- foulOffensive or illegal
putrid · rancid · fetid · rank · reeking · vile · repulsive · revolting · disgusting · off-putting
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
distaste · abhorrence · sickened · repelled · revolted · grossed out · turned off · put off · offended · appalled
indigestion
Painful stomach after meals
gastrointestinal · upset stomach · bile · acidic · peptic · bloated · reflux · stomach-turning · gastroenteritis · food poisoning
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- sicknesssick, ill, unwell, ailing, diseased
- grammar debatesirregardless, ain't, split infinitive, singular they, could of
- misused wordsliterally, irregardless, ironic, disinterested, comprise
- appetitehungry, hunger, starving, famished, ravenous
- vomitingvomit, puke, barf, throw up, throwing up