morning sickness
noun [U]Definition
› the feeling of wanting to vomit experienced by some women during the first months of pregnancyPregnancyBirthVomiting and feelings of sickness
(Definition of morning sickness noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- airsick adjective
- barf verb
- bring sth up phrasal verb (VOMIT)
- churn verb (MOVE/MIX)
- disgorge verb
- gag verb (ALMOST VOMIT)
- honk verb (VOMIT)
- motion sickness noun
- nausea noun
- nauseate verb
- nauseating adjective
- regurgitate verb
- retch verb
- sick as a dog idiom
- sick to your stomach idiom
- sickly adjective (VOMIT)
- sickness noun (VOMIT)
- spew (sth) up phrasal verb
- turn sb's stomach idiom
- woozy adjective
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