Synonyms for nausea
Most common
disgust aversion loathing repugnance vomiting queasiness sickness sea sickness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Disgust
disgust, aversion, loathing, repugnance, squeamishness, abomination, abhorrence, antipathy
2. Queasiness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
He got nausea after two hours of travelling on the plane.
- n. 2
Strong dislike or disgust.
Forms
- Plural
- nauseas → aversions, loathings, repugnances, squeamishnesses…
Example sentences
- disgust I don't hate you anymore. Now you just disgust me.
- aversion I developed an aversion toward the word "awesome".
- loathing I had taken a loathing to my gentleman at first sight.
- repugnance I cannot overcome my repugnance to eating snails.
- vomiting Tom was projectile vomiting all over the kitchen.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| nausea | rising | |
| disgust | rising | |
| aversion | rising | |
| loathing | rising | |
| repugnance | steady | |
| vomiting | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- qualm
- 7 letters
- disgust2, surfeit2
- 8 letters
- sickness2, vomiting3, aversion3, loathing2
- 9 letters
- antipathy4
- 10 letters
- abhorrence3, repugnance, queasiness3
- 11 letters
- abomination5
- 12 letters
- qualmishness
- 13 letters
- squeamishness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (disgust2 = 2 syllables).