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: affected with or suggestive of seasickness
Examples of seasick in a Sentence
The storm made her seasick.
Recent Examples on the Web
She’s returned with a little something for everyone: demonic house music, introspective soft rock, catchy post-punk, seasick sophisti-pop.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 May 2024
But looking at the city and at Viñoly’s tenure here, the arc of his career points to something far larger than a few seasick rich folks swaying high above 57th Street.
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Ian Volner, Curbed, 6 Mar. 2023
The Farmers Insurance Open decided to embrace its breathtaking oceanside address and make everyone seasick during Saturday’s frenetic final round.
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Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2023
The goal was to see if the deaf participants could be made seasick to understand and determine the comparative effects in unaffected subjects, aka men who could hear.
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Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1566, in the meaning defined above
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“Seasick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seasick. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
seasick
adjective
sea·sick
-ˌsik
: sick or as if sick in the stomach from the pitching or rolling of a ship
seasickness
noun
Medical Definition
seasick
adjective
sea·sick
-ˌsik
: affected with seasickness
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