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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

carsick en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɑɹˌsɪk/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From car + sick.

Meanings

  1. Dizzy or feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle; suffering from motion sickness.
    • But this whole world / It makes me carsick / Stop the meter, sir 2022, Regina Spektor, “Becoming All Alone”, in Home, Before and After:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most carsick Degree=Sup lexicographic
more carsick Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

carsickness

Translations (7)

nl wagenziek (feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle) · no bilsyk (feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle) · de autokrank (feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle) · sv åksjuk (feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle) · da køresyg (feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle) · vi say xe (feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle) · is bílveikur (feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle)