Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Affected with nausea from the motion of a vessel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Affected with seasickness.
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- adjective Suffering from
sickness ,nausea ordizziness due to the motion of a ship at sea.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective experiencing motion sickness
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Examples
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Although no agreements were reached, the so-called seasick summit proved a significant milestone.
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Although no agreements were reached, the so-called seasick summit proved a significant milestone.
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The gulf is so calm you can tour in a pretty small watercraft, and even I didn't get seasick, which is shocking.
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Wonderful piece – I got kind of seasick just reading it.
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'In the wild such "seasick" fish would become prey for other sea life because they would be rendered incapable of fleeing from danger.'
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In the wild such a 'seasick' fish would become prey for others because they are incapable of fleeing from danger, "Dr. Hilbig told the
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In the wild such a 'seasick' fish would become prey for others because they are incapable of fleeing from danger, "Dr. Hilbig told the
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I felt seasick, the flexing board dropping and rising beneath my feet.
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The huge gilt frame, which had enough dips and waves in it to make a person seasick, caught the light and made the perfect border for a painting of very plump women bathing in a pink, soda-pop spring with strange winged creatures darting about.
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She must surely have gotten seasick in the middle of the ocean.
brtom commented on the word seasick
"Do fish ever get seasick?"
Joyce, Ulysses, 13
January 14, 2007