vom

Slang for spew

Vom is informal for vomit, used as both noun and verb.

It's slightly softer or more casual than the full word: I think I'm going to vom, There was vom all over the bathroom floor.

Common in British English and among younger speakers.

vomit

retch

Gag involuntarily

  • heaveForceful lift or throw
  • barfExpel stomach contents
  • pukeForceful stomach emptying

hurl · upchuck · spew · chunder · throw up · blow chunks · regurgitate · disgorge · emesis · dry heave

nausea

queasy

Mildly sick to stomach

seasick · carsick · airsick · motion sickness · morning sickness · green around the gills · stomach churning · woozy · lurching

disgust

gross

Total before subtractions

sickening · repulsive · vile · nauseating · foul · icky · yuck · eww · blegh · rancid

Categories
Opposites
bodily expulsion vs. ingestion

vomswallow

Send down the throat

ingest · eat · keep down · drink · gulp down

digestive rejection vs. retention

vomkeep down

Limit or control growth

digest · retain · hold down · stomach · absorb

Phrases
Family

vomit, vomiting, vomited, vomits, vomitous, vomer, vomming

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Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG