vomitous

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adjective

Characteristic of, or causing one to vomit.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English vomit →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivevomitous (comparative more vomitous, superlative most vomitous)

comparative more vomitous · superlative most vomitous

  1. USCharacteristic of, or causing one to vomit.

    Their communications from the peace talks are vomitous torrents of insult and threat.

    2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 386

Origin

  1. Englishvomit
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  4. Englishvomitous

From vomit + -ous.

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Translations

Spanish vómico
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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

vomitus
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APA

vomitous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vomitous

MLA

“vomitous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vomitous. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vomitous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vomitous.

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