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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.
—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.
—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.
—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.
—Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2018
The action did not leap from the screen so much as stumble forward in a seasick kind of way.
—Jamie Lauren Keiles, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022
My brother-in-law is afraid of getting seasick, and does not want to participate.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022
The Sunshine Skyway Pier was cheap, convenient, and a reasonable choice for people who get seasick or wouldn’t want to be stuck on a boat for hours.
—Daniel McGinn, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
But since cars don’t get seasick, RoRos aren’t designed to be super stable—that would be expensive, which would drive up the cost of shipping and eat into those all-important margins.
—Andrew Lawrence, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1566, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Seasick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seasick. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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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