Retch vs Nauseous - What's the difference?
retch | nauseous |
To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
* Byron
an unsuccessful effort to
Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I:
Afflicted with nausea; sick.
* 2010 , Tom Smith, The Guardian , 4 Sep 2010:
As a verb retch
is to make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.As a noun retch
is an unsuccessful effort to.As an adjective nauseous is
causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.retch
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Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
- Here he grew inarticulate with retching .
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(es)Anagrams
*nauseous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?
- Is it a myth that you shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics? I often do and haven't felt remotely nauseous .