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# nausea

«nausea» in Mova's school dictionary: **going to be sick (vomit)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (nausea — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The feeling that you are going to be sick (vomit). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nausea/#m1)

2) (formal) A strong feeling of disgust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nausea/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and first-aid lessons, nausea is a symptom of illness, car sickness, sea sickness or food poisoning. In everyday life people say «I feel sick» (UK) or «I feel nauseous» (US). Phrases: a wave of nausea, feel nausea, travel nausea.

### examples

- The boat trip gave me nausea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nausea/#x1)
- Nausea is a common symptom of a stomach bug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nausea/#x2)
- A wave of nausea came over her on the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nausea/#x3)
- Ginger biscuits can help with nausea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nausea/#x4)
- Tell an adult if you have nausea and a bad headache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nausea/#x5)
- The smell filled him with nausea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nausea/#x6)
- Looking out of the window can ease car nausea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nausea/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: say «some nausea», not «a nausea». Said NAW-zee-uh or NAW-zhuh. Adjectives: nauseous (feeling sick; traditionally «causing sickness»), nauseating (disgusting). UK children usually say «I feel sick».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nausea» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nausea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.