retching

as innausea

as inpuke
as inregurgitate
as inthrow up
as invomit
as indisgorge
as ingag
as inheave

Synonyms for retching

noun sickness in stomach; revulsion

Antonyms for retching

Word Origin & History

1540s, originally "to clear the throat, to cough up phlegm," from Old English hræcan "to cough up, spit" (related to hraca "phlegm"), from Proto-Germanic *khrækijanan (cf. Old High German rahhison "to clear one's throat"), of imitative origin (cf. Lithuanian kregeti "to grunt"). Meaning "to make efforts to vomit" is from 1850; sense of "to vomit" is first attested 1888. Related: Retched; retching.

Example Sentences for retching

Retching, he had dirtied the glossy green scales of his chest.

Her voice was almost unrecognizable, broken in retching agony.

I leaned against the railing of stone, sick as a dog and retching.

The most common methods of finishing are retching and burnishing.

He dropped Jason and fell to the floor, retching and gasping.

He collapsed, retching, and only after the first spasms had passed was he able to crawl to the grotto.

Its use will also prevent that dreadful straining and retching which makes emetics so much dreaded by the nervous and delicate.

Fighting back a retching, Ann muttered, "Paul, when can we get out of here?"

He was crying and retching, a pitiable and horrible sight to look upon.

"Very ill with retching and divers pains," continued Thomas.

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