buồn nôn
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Definition
- 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.)
- Feel sick