sick vs retch
retch vs sicksick and retch both are nouns.
sick is an adjective but retch is not an adjective.
sick and retch both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sick | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| retch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
sick and retch
are synonyms defined as:
- sick and retch: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
| sick (noun) | retch (noun) |
|---|---|
| people who are sick | an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting |
| sick (adjective) | retch (adjective) |
|---|---|
| affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function | |
| shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | |
| having a strong distaste from surfeit | |
| affected with madness or insanity | |
| deeply affected by a strong feeling | |
| (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble | |
| feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit |
| sick (verb) | retch (verb) |
|---|---|
| eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth |
| make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit |
Words related to "sick"
- affected
- afflicted
- aguish
- ailing
- air sick
- airsick
- alarming
- autistic
- barf
- be sick
- bedfast
- bedrid
- bedridden
- bilious
- brainsick
- bronchitic
- carsick
- cast
- cat
- chuck
- consumptive
- convalescent
- crazy
- delirious
- demented
- diabetic
- disgorge
- disgusted
- displeased
- disturbed
- dizzy
- dyspeptic
- egest
- eliminate
- excrete
- faint
- fed up
- feverish
- feverous
- funny
- ghastly
- giddy
- gouty
- green
- grim
- grisly
- gruesome
- hallucinating
- honk
- hungover
- ill
- indisposed
- insane
- laid low
- laid up
- light
- light-headed
- lightheaded
- liverish
- livery
- macabre
- mad
- milk-sick
- moved
- nauseated
- nauseous
- pale
- pallid
- palsied
- paralytic
- paralyzed
- paraplegic
- pass
- peaked
- people
- poorly
- puke
- purge
- queasy
- rachitic
- recovering
- regorge
- regurgitate
- retch
- rickety
- scrofulous
- seasick
- seedy
- sick
- sick of
- sick-abed
- sickish
- sickly
- sickness
- sneezy
- spastic
- spew
- spoonie
- spue
- stirred
- stricken
- swooning
- throw up
- tired of
- touched
- tubercular
- tuberculous
- unbalanced
- under the weather
- unfit
- unhealed
- unhealthy
- unhinged
- unwell
- upchuck
- upset
- vertiginous
- vomit
- vomit up
- wan
- weak
- woozy
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