pukey
About to vomit
Pukey describes something that induces nausea or resembles vomit.
A pukey color is unpleasantly sickly—often a yellowish green.
Someone feeling pukey is on the verge of throwing up: I felt pukey after the roller coaster.
The word is informal and mildly crude.
Mildly sick to stomach
- sickUnwell or impressively cool
- nauseatedFeeling urge to vomit
- biliousIll-tempered or nauseated
- woozyDizzy and confused
green · unwell · ill · seasick · carsick · airsick · dizzy · lightheaded
queasy
Mildly sick to stomach
woozy · green · unwell · ill · seasick · carsick · airsick · dizzy · lightheaded · faint
gross
Total before subtractions
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- sickeningCausing disgust or nausea
- nauseatingCausing urge to vomit
repulsive · vile · foul · stomach-turning · rank · rancid · fetid · putrid · nasty · yucky
retching
Heaving without expelling
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
- heavingMoving up and down
- upchuckingExpelling stomach contents orally
hurling · barfing · spewing · dry-heaving · emetic · vomitous · ralphing
pukeywell
Dug water source
settled · healthy · fine · comfortable · right as rain
pukeyappealing
Pleasant and inviting
attractive · pleasant · delightful · lovely · gorgeous
- puke one's guts outVomit severely and completely
- puke upForcibly eject stomach contents
- puked upEjected stomach contents
- puking upForcibly expelling stomach contents