upchucking
Losing your lunch
Upchucking is vomiting—expelling the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
The word is informal and slightly humorous, less clinical than vomit but less crude than puke: The kid spent the whole car ride upchucking into a plastic bag.
See upchuck.
Forcefully expelling stomach contents
- barfingForcefully emptying stomach contents
- hurlingPowerful propulsion by arm
- heavingMoving up and down
- spewingEjecting matter forcefully
regurgitation · emesis · throwing up · ralphing · disgorging · expelling · retching · dry heaving
Mild stomach disturbance
- retchingHeaving without expelling
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
- queasyMildly sick to stomach
- woozyDizzy and confused
bilious · seasick · carsick · airsick · motion sickness · morning sickness · dry heaves · vertigo
Sickness from contaminated eating
- stomach fluViral digestive tract infection
- gastroenteritisInflamed digestive tract illness
- norovirusContagious gastroenteritis pathogen
- hangoverPost-drinking illness
virus · indigestion · stomach bug · rotavirus · morning sickness · bulimia · chemotherapy · concussion
Impaired state from alcohol
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
- wastedUsed without good result
- plasteredExtremely intoxicated
- sloshedVery intoxicated
overindulgence · binge drinking · hangover · alcohol poisoning · blackout drunk · tanked · trashed · legless
Total before subtractions
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- repulsiveCausing strong disgust
- nauseatingCausing urge to vomit
- sickeningCausing disgust or nausea
stomach-turning · off-putting · foul · vile · nasty · yuck · ew · unappetizing
puking
Forcefully expelling stomach contents
- barfingForcefully emptying stomach contents
- hurlingPowerful propulsion by arm
- heavingMoving up and down
spewing · regurgitation · emesis · throwing up · ralphing · disgorging · expelling · retching · dry heaving · technicolor yawn
queasiness
Mild stomach disturbance
woozy · bilious · seasick · carsick · airsick · motion sickness · morning sickness · dry heaves · vertigo · dizzy
food poisoning
Sickness from contaminated eating
- stomach fluViral digestive tract infection
- gastroenteritisInflamed digestive tract illness
- norovirusContagious gastroenteritis pathogen
hangover · virus · indigestion · stomach bug · rotavirus · morning sickness · bulimia · chemotherapy · concussion · migraine
drunkenness
Impaired state from alcohol
sloshed · overindulgence · binge drinking · hangover · alcohol poisoning · blackout drunk · tanked · trashed · legless · party foul
gross
Total before subtractions
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- repulsiveCausing strong disgust
- nauseatingCausing urge to vomit
sickening · stomach-turning · off-putting · foul · vile · nasty · yuck · ew · unappetizing
upchuckingswallowing
Ingesting via throat muscles
keeping down · ingesting · eating · consuming · gulping
upchuckingkeeping down
Maintaining at low level
retaining · holding down · digesting · absorbing · settling