sick to one's stomach
Feeling like vomiting
Sick to one's stomach describes nausea or the feeling that one might vomit: The smell of the garbage made me sick to my stomach.
Figuratively, it expresses intense disgust or moral revulsion: I felt sick to my stomach when I heard what they'd done to those animals.
The British equivalent is sick to one's stomach or simply sick.
- queasyMildly sick to stomach
- heaveForceful lift or throw
- bad newsUnwelcome information
- gut punchShocking emotional blow
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
dry heaves · throw up · indigestion · food poisoning · anxiety · shock · guilt · gag · bile · embarrassment · churn · pale · white as a sheet · cold sweat · twist · disgust · retch · revulsion
physical digestive state
sick to one's stomachhungry
Wanting to eat
ravenous · famished · starving · satisfied · ready to eat
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