turn sb's stomach
Definition
› to make someone feel sick, often because they are angry or upset about something: The sight of Joe eating raw fish is enough to turn your stomach. Just the smell makes my stomach turn. The amount of money she spends on designer clothes really turns my stomach.Vomiting and feelings of sicknessCausing feelings of anger and displeasure
(Definition of turn sb's stomach from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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turn sb on phrasal verb
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turn sb out phrasal verb (DRESS)
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turn sb out phrasal verb (REMOVE)
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turn sb over to sb phrasal verb
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turn sb's head idiom
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turn signal noun
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turn somewhere/sth over phrasal verb
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turn sth around/round phrasal verb
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turn sth in phrasal verb (PRODUCE)
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turn sth in phrasal verb (RETURN)
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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)
- keep sth down phrasal verb (FOOD)
- morning sickness noun
- motion sickness noun
- nausea noun
- nauseate verb
- nauseating adjective
- nauseatingly adverb
- regurgitate verb
- sick as a dog idiom
- sick to your stomach idiom
- sickness noun (VOMIT)
- spew (sth) up phrasal verb
- woozy adjective
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