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seasick

[ see-sik ]

/ ˈsiˌsɪk /

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adjective

afflicted with seasickness.

Origin of seasick

First recorded in 1560–70; sea + sick¹

Words nearby seasick

sears tower, seascape, seashell, seashore, seashore test, seasick, seasickness, seaside, seaside knotweed, seaside sparrow, seasnail

Example sentences from the Web for seasick

And now that you mention it, I also got seasick, and had altitude sickness, and had to be rescued a few times.

The Real-Life Raiders of the Lost Ark |Alex Belth |November 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Seasick Steve, in his early seventies, is just entering his glory years.

Do Blues Musicians Need to be Really, Really Old? |Ted Gioia |September 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Seasick medicine makes you crazy, too, especially if you mix it with alcohol.

P.J. O'Rourke's Ride on the Wild Side |Marty Beckerman |June 11, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
So Mr. George and Rollo, who neither of them liked to be seasick, determined to go another way.

Rollo in Holland |Jacob Abbott

If hes going to be seasick nows his chance, mused Tom, for there was now quite a decided roll to the ship.

Tom Fairfield at Sea |Allen Chapman
Richard Blount sent some remedy to the steamer for us, just in case we were seasick.

Molly Brown's Orchard Home |Nell Speed
"You can't get seasick in one o' my boats any more'n you could on land," averred the runner.

Owen Clancy's Happy Trail |Burt L. Standish
"Perhaps they were seasick," interposed Mrs. Noah, who began to feel sorry for Ham.

The Cruise of the Noah's Ark |David Cory

British Dictionary definitions for seasick

seasick

/ (ˈsiːˌsɪk) /

adjective

suffering from nausea and dizziness caused by the motion of a ship at sea

Derived forms of seasick

seasickness, noun