Retching
91heaving — adj 1. British stinking. The term, in use in working class speech in the north of England and Scotland, possibly evokes the notion of something so rotten as to be infested with maggots and literally pulsating, or else evokes the heaving (i.e.… …
92yuck — I. n 1. something or someone disgusting 2. an alternative spelling of yuk II. adj an alternative spelling of yucky In American English this echoic approxi mation of retching is often transcribed as yecch …
93retch — [[t]re̱tʃ[/t]] retches, retching, retched VERB If you retch, your stomach moves as if you are vomiting. The smell made me retch. Syn: heave …
94retch — verb make the sound and movement of vomiting. noun an instance of retching. Origin C19: var. of dialect reach, from a Gmc base meaning spittle …
95heave — I. v. a. 1. Lift, hoist, raise, elevate, raise up. 2. Breathe, force from the breast, raise, exhale. 3. Throw, toss, hurl, send, fling. II. v. n. 1. Pant. 2. Swell, dilate, expand. 3. Retch, keck, try to vomit …
96retch — verb (I) to try to vomit, or feel as if you are going to vomit when you do not: Like someone drowning, she fought for air, gasping and retching …
97nausea — noun 1) symptoms include nausea and headaches Syn: sickness, biliousness, queasiness; vomiting, retching, gagging; upset stomach; travel sickness, seasickness, carsickness, airsickness 2) it induces a feeling of nausea Syn …
98sickness — noun 1) she was absent because of sickness Syn: illness, disease, ailment, complaint, infection, malady, infirmity, indisposition; informal bug, virus 2) a wave of sickness Syn: nausea, biliousness …
99disgust — vb Disgust, sicken, nauseate are comparable when meaning to arouse an extreme distaste in. Disgust implies a stomach that is revolted by food offered or taken; in its extended use it implies sensibilities which are revolted by something seen,… …
100pain — n 1 Pain, ache, pang, throe, twinge, stitch are comparable when they mean a bodily sensation that causes acute discomfort or suffering. Pain may range in its application from a sensation that makes one uneasily aware of some bodily disturbance or …
