Synonyms and antonyms of Feeling sick and vomiting in British Thesaurus

airsick (adjective)

feeling ill as a result of the movement of a plane

barf (verb)

very informal to vomit

bilious (adjective)

feeling as though you are going to vomit food from your stomach

bloated (adjective)

having an uncomfortable feeling in your stomach after eating or drinking too much

bring up ()

to make food or drink come back up from your stomach through your mouth

carsick (adjective)

feeling ill from travelling in a car

chuck up (informal)

informal to vomit food from your stomach out of your mouth

chunder (verb)

informal to vomit food from your stomach out of your mouth

cloy (verb)

to make you feel sick or annoyed by being too sweet or too pleasant

come up ()

if food that you have eaten comes up, your stomach forces it out through your mouth

disgorge (verb)

formal to vomit food from your stomach out of your mouth

disgust (noun)

the feeling that you are going to be physically ill when you see, smell, or taste something very unpleasant

feel sick ()

to feel that food that you have eaten is going to come out of your stomach through your mouth

gag (verb)

informal to be unable to swallow because you feel as if you are going to vomit (=bring food back up from your stomach)

gorge (noun)

if someone’s gorge rises, they feel sick or angry

have a strong stomach ()

to be able to do or eat unpleasant things without feeling ill

heave (verb)

informal to vomit

hurl (verb)

mainly Americanspoken to vomit

keep down ()

to succeed in keeping food in your stomach although you feel as if you want to vomit

morning sickness (noun)

a feeling of wanting to vomit that affects some women when they are pregnant

motion sickness (noun)

mainly American travel sickness

nausea (noun)

the feeling that you are going to vomit

nauseate (verb)

to make someone feel as if they are going to vomit. The more usual phrase for this is to make someone feel sick

nauseating (adjective)

making you feel as if you are going to vomit

nauseous (adjective)

feeling as if you want to vomit

nauseous (adjective)

making someone feel as if they want to vomit

puke (verb)

very informal if you puke, food comes up from your stomach and out through your mouth, usually because you are ill

queasy (adjective)

feeling that you are going to vomit (=get rid of food from your stomach through your mouth)

regurgitate (verb)

biology to bring food up from your stomach back into your mouth

retch (verb)

to behave and sound as if you are being sick (=bringing food and drink up from your stomach and out through your mouth), without in fact doing this

seasick (adjective)

feeling ill from the movement of the boat that you are travelling on

sick (adjective)

if you are sick, food you have eaten suddenly comes out of your stomach through your mouth

sick (noun)

Britishinformal vomit

sicken (verb)

to make someone feel sick

sickness (noun)

a feeling that you are going to bring up food from your stomach

sick to your stomach ()

feeling that food that you have eaten is going to come out of your stomach through your mouth

sick up ()

if you sick up food that you have eaten, it comes out of your stomach through your mouth

spew (verb)

informal to vomit

spit up ()

if a baby or animal spits up, or if it spits something up, it brings a small amount of food back up from its stomach and out of its mouth

stomach (verb)

if you cannot stomach food, you cannot eat it because it makes you feel ill

throw up (informal)

informal if you throw up or throw something up, food and drink comes back up from your stomach and out of your mouth

travel sickness (noun)

British an unpleasant feeling in your stomach that you get when you are travelling. The American word is motion sickness.

turn (verb)

if your stomach turns, or if something turns your stomach, you feel as if food in your stomach is going to come out through your mouth

turn someone’s stomach ()

to make someone feel ill

upset (adjective)

if your stomach is upset, you have an illness that is affecting your stomach, usually caused by something that you have eaten or drunk

upset someone’s stomach ()

to cause an illness that affects someone’s stomach

vomit (verb)

if you vomit, food comes up from your stomach and out through your mouth because you are ill. The usual British expression is be sick.

vomit (noun)

food or other substances that come up from your stomach and out through your mouth when you vomit