Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Suffering from nausea and dizziness due to the motion of an aircraft: The state of feeling ill, specifically nauseous, dizzy, or unwell, as a direct result of the movement experienced during air travel.

Usage

• The adjective air sick is used to describe a person's condition. It typically follows a linking verb like , , or .
• It is a compound adjective formed from "air" and "sick," but it functions as a single lexical unit to describe this specific type of motion sickness.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • I always get air sick on small planes.
  • She felt air sick shortly after takeoff and asked for a bag.
  • Are you prone to becoming air sick during turbulence?

Advanced Usage

• "to be air sick": To be in a state of suffering from airsickness.
  • He was air sick for the entire long-haul flight.
• "to feel air sick": To experience the symptoms of airsickness.
  • The child started to feel air sick and needed to lie down.
• "to make someone air sick": To cause someone to feel airsick.
  • The sudden drops in altitude made several passengers air sick.

Variants and Related Words

• Airsickness (n): The condition or instance of being air sick.
  • She took medication to prevent airsickness.
• Air-sick (adj): An alternative hyphenated spelling of the adjective.
  • The air-sick passenger was grateful for the attendant's help.

Synonyms

• Nauseated: Affected with nausea.
• Queasy: Experiencing nausea; feeling uneasy.

Notes on Meaning

• Air sick refers specifically to sickness caused by air travel. It is a subset of motion sickness, which can also occur in cars (carsick), at sea (seasick), or in space (space sick). The core experience is the same, but the triggering environment is different.

Adjective

1. experiencing motion sickness