Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Feeling sick to one's stomach; nauseated: The primary meaning describes the physical sensation of feeling like you are going to vomit.
   • Nauseating; sickening: Can describe something (a sight, smell, or thought) that causes a feeling of nausea.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (feeling sick):

  • Tôi cảm thấy buồn nôn sau chuyến đi tàu. (I feel nauseous after the boat trip.)
  • Cô ấy buồn nôn và chóng mặt. (She is nauseous and dizzy.)

• Adjective (causing sickness):

  • Mùi thức ăn ôi thiu thật buồn nôn. (The smell of spoiled food is really nauseating.)
  • Cảnh tượng đó trông buồn nôn. (That scene looks sickening.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase can function as a stative verb in Vietnamese sentences, equivalent to "to feel nauseous."
  • Anh ta buồn nôn vì say xe. (He feels nauseous due to motion sickness.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nôn (v): to vomit, to throw up.

  • Đứa bé bị sốt và nôn. (The child has a fever and is vomiting.)

• Buồn (adj): sad; here used in a compound to indicate a "desire" or "urge" (to vomit).

• Cảm giác buồn nôn (n): the feeling of nausea.

Synonyms

• Nauseous: affected with nausea.
• Queasy: experiencing nausea.
• Sick to one's stomach: feeling the need to vomit.
• Nauseating: causing nausea.

Related Idioms

• Buồn nôn mửa: An emphatic form stressing the intensity of the nausea.

  • Ngửi mùi đó tôi buồn nôn mửa. (Smelling that makes me sick to my stomach.)

• Buồn như muốn nôn: Literally "sad as if wanting to vomit"; can describe intense disgust or emotional revulsion.

  • Lời nói dối của hắn khiến tôi buồn như muốn nôn. (His lie made me sick to my stomach.)

1. Feel sick