carsick

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US/ˈkɑɹˌsɪk/

adjective

Dizzy or feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle; suffering from motion sickness.

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Meanings

adjectivecarsick (comparative more carsick, superlative most carsick)

comparative more carsick · superlative most carsick

  1. Dizzy or feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle; suffering from motion sickness.

    But this whole world / It makes me carsick / Stop the meter, sir

    2022, Regina Spektor, “Becoming All Alone”, in Home, Before and After

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveexperiencing motion sickness

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Danish køresyg
  • køresygfeeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle
Dutch wagenziek
  • wagenziekfeeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle
German autokrank
  • autokrankfeeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle
Icelandic bílveikur
  • bílveikurfeeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle
Norwegian bilsyk
  • bilsykfeeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle
Swedish åksjuk
  • åksjukfeeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle
Vietnamese say xe
  • say xefeeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle
Cite this entry
APA

carsick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carsick

MLA

“carsick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carsick. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carsick,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carsick.

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