nausea

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun the state that precedes vomiting
  2. noun disgust so strong it makes you feel sick

Etymology

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.

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Synonyms

sickness

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