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View synonyms for seasickness

seasickness

[ see-sik-nis ]

noun

  1. nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the rocking or swaying motion of a vessel in which one is traveling at sea.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of seasickness1

First recorded in 1615–25; sea + sickness

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Example Sentences

Nor is seasickness an issue, because of the wonder-drug Meclizine, sold as Sea Calm.

But everything I read said women like me, who got seasickness, altitude sickness, motion sickness, were more likely to suffer HG.

And there, to be frank, she forgot her fright in as bitter a tribute of seasickness as even the channel has ever exacted.

The voyager embarks, and is in all probability confined to his cabin, suffering under the dreadful protraction of seasickness.

I do not know whether it was the result of seasickness, or what it was, but everything in Hati looked crooked.

Neither would suffer further from seasickness, they felt sure.

He was weak and wretched with long seasickness and loss of sleep, and staggered as he walked along the wharf like a drunken man.

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