Meanings
nounnausea (usually uncountable, plural nauseas or nauseae or nauseæ)
plural nauseas · plural nauseae · plural nauseæ
- uncountableusuallyA 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.
- uncountableusuallyMotion sickness.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₂-
- Ancient Greekναυσία“sea-sickness”
- Latinnausea
- Middle Englishnausea
- Englishnausea
From Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “sea-sickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. Displaced native Old English wlǣtta.
More words from Middle English, Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ναυσία, ναυτία
- ναυσία (nausía)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- ναυτία (nautía)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- βδελυγμία (bdelugmía)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Arabic غَثْيَان
- غَثْيَان (ḡaṯyān)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Bulgarian гадене, повдигане
- гадене (gadene)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- повдигане (povdigane)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- отвращение (otvraštenie)strong dislike or disgust
Catalan nàusea
- nàuseafeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Chinese Mandarin 噁心 /恶心, 厭惡 /厌恶
- 噁心 /恶心 (ěxīn)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- 厭惡 /厌恶 (yànwù)strong dislike or disgust
- 嫌惡 /嫌恶 (xiánwù)strong dislike or disgust
Czech nevolnost, mdlo
- nevolnostfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- mdlofeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Danish kvalme
- kvalmefeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Dutch misselijkheid
- misselijkheidfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Esperanto naŭzo, naŭzo
- naŭzofeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- naŭzostrong dislike or disgust
Finnish pahoinvointi, etominen
- pahoinvointifeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- etominenstrong dislike or disgust
French nausée, nausée
- nauséefeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- nauséestrong dislike or disgust
- dégoûtstrong dislike or disgust
German Übelkeit, Ekel
- Übelkeitfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- Ekelstrong dislike or disgust
Greek ναυτία, αηδία
- ναυτία (naftía)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- αηδία (aïdía)strong dislike or disgust
- ναυτία (naftía)strong dislike or disgust
- σιχασιά (sichasiá)strong dislike or disgust
- αναγούλα (anagoúla)strong dislike or disgust
Hebrew בְּחִילָה
- בְּחִילָה (bḥilá)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Hindi उबकाई
- उबकाई (ubkāī)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Hungarian hányinger, émelygés
- hányingerfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- émelygésfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- megcsömörlésstrong dislike or disgust
- undorodásstrong dislike or disgust
- undorstrong dislike or disgust
- csömörstrong dislike or disgust
Indonesian mual, nausea
- mualfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- nauseafeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Irish masmas, adhascaid
- masmasfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- adhascaidfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- déistinstrong dislike or disgust
Italian nausea, nausea
- nauseafeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- nauseastrong dislike or disgust
Japanese 吐き気, 酔い
- 吐き気 (hakike)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- 酔い (yoi)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- 悪心 (oshin)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- 吐き気 (hakike)strong dislike or disgust
- 嫌悪 (ken'o)strong dislike or disgust
Korean 구역질
- 구역질 (guyeokjil)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Latvian nelabums, sliktums
- nelabumsfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- sliktumsfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Lithuanian šleikštulys, pykinimas
- šleikštulysfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- pykinimasfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Māori paipairuaki, whakapairua
- paipairuakifeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- whakapairuafeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- whakapairuakifeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Norwegian Bokmål kvalme
- kvalmefeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Persian تهوع
- تهوع (tahavvo')feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Polish mdłości, nudności
- mdłościfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- nudnościfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- obrzydzeniestrong dislike or disgust
- wstrętstrong dislike or disgust
Portuguese náusea, enjoo
- náuseafeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- enjoofeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- desgostostrong dislike or disgust
- ascostrong dislike or disgust
- repulsãostrong dislike or disgust
Romanian greață, nausea
- greațăfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- nauseafeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- dezguststrong dislike or disgust
Russian тошнота́, отвраще́ние
- тошнота́ (tošnotá)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- отвраще́ние (otvraščénije)strong dislike or disgust
Spanish náusea, repulsión
- náuseafeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- repulsiónstrong dislike or disgust
- ascostrong dislike or disgust
Swahili kichefuchefu, kichefuchefu
- kichefuchefufeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- kichefuchefustrong dislike or disgust
Swedish illamående
- illamåendefeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Tagalog alibadbad, dimarim
- alibadbadfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- dimarimfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Thai คลื่นไส้, คลื่นไส้
- คลื่นไส้ (klʉ̂ʉn-sâi)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- คลื่นไส้ (klʉ̂ʉn-sâi)strong dislike or disgust
Turkish mide bulantısı, iğrenmek
- mide bulantısıfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- iğrenmekstrong dislike or disgust
Ukrainian нудо́та, відра́за
- нудо́та (nudóta)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- відра́за (vidráza)strong dislike or disgust
Urdu ابکائی, متلی
- ابکائی (ubkāī)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- متلی (matlī)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
- غثیان (ġasayān)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Vietnamese buồn nôn
- buồn nônfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Welsh cyfog
- cyfogfeeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
Yiddish ניטגוטקײַט
- ניטגוטקײַט (nitgutkayt)feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit
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APA
nausea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nausea
MLA
“nausea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nausea. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nausea,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nausea.
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