What does seasick mean?

Definitions for seasick
ˈsiˌsɪksea·sick

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. airsick, air sick, carsick, seasickadjective

    experiencing motion sickness

Wiktionary

  1. seasickadjective

    Suffering from sickness, nausea or dizziness due to the motion of a ship at sea.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Seasickadjective

    Sick, as new voyagers on the sea.

    Etymology: sea and sick.

    She began to be much seasick, extremity of weather continuing. William Shakespeare.

    Barbarossa was not able to come on shore, for that he was, as they said, seasick, and troubled with an ague. Richard Knolles.

    In love’s voyage nothing can offend;
    Women are never seasick. John Dryden, Juvenal.

    Weary and seasick, when in thee confin’d;
    Now, for thy safety, cares distract my mind. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. seasick

    Seasick refers to a form of motion sickness characterized by a feeling of nausea and, in extreme cases, dizziness and vomiting, caused by the motion of a boat or ship, especially when it's on a rough sea. Symptoms might also include cold sweats, and general discomfort. It is a body's response to unfamiliar movement such as the rocking motion of a ship.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Seasickadjective

    affected with seasickness

Wikidata

  1. Seasick

    Seasick is the first album by indie rock band Imperial Teen, and was released in the U.S. on May 7, 1996 from Slash Records.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of seasick in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of seasick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of seasick in a Sentence

  1. Leonard Cohen:

    If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day.

  2. Greta Thunberg:

    I might feel a bit seasick and it's not going to be comfortable but that I can live with, if it's really hard then I just have to think it's only for two weeks then I can go back to as usual.

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