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Synonyms for retching
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : rech |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɛtʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for retching Other synonyms for the word retching
- be nauseated
- be nauseous
- be seasick
- be sick
- billow
- blow grits
- blow lunch
- boff
- bring up
- cast
- chunder
- cough up
- dilate
- discharge
- disgorge
- disgust
- do the technicolor yawn
- drive a truck
- drive the bus
- dry heave
- eject
- emit
- expand
- expel
- gag
- gasp
- get sick
- hatred
- heave
- hurl
- loathing
- lose one's lunch
- nauseate
- offense
- palpitate
- pant
- pray to the porcelain god
- puke
- qualm
- qualms
- queasiness
- ralph
- regurgitate
- regurgitation
- rejection
- repugnance
- retch
- retching
- rise
- ruminate
- sicken
- sign
- sob
- spew
- spit up
- squeamishness
- strain
- struggle
- surge
- suspire
- swell
- throb
- throw up
- toss one's cookies
- upchuck
- urp
- vomit
Définition of retching
Origin :- 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.
- As in nausea : noun sickness in stomach; revulsion
- As in puke : verb vomit
- As in regurgitate : verb vomit
- As in throw up : verb regurgitate
- As in vomit : verb disgorge
- As in disgorge : verb vomit
- As in gag : verb vomit, choke
- As in heave : verb discharge with force; expel from digestive system by mouth
- Retching, he had dirtied the glossy green scales of his chest.
- Extract from : « Equation of Doom » by Gerald Vance
- Her voice was almost unrecognizable, broken in retching agony.
- Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
- I leaned against the railing of stone, sick as a dog and retching.
- Extract from : « Valley of the Croen » by Lee Tarbell
- The most common methods of finishing are retching and burnishing.
- Extract from : « The Building of a Book » by Various
- He dropped Jason and fell to the floor, retching and gasping.
- Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
- He collapsed, retching, and only after the first spasms had passed was he able to crawl to the grotto.
- Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth
- Its use will also prevent that dreadful straining and retching which makes emetics so much dreaded by the nervous and delicate.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
- Fighting back a retching, Ann muttered, "Paul, when can we get out of here?"
- Extract from : « West Of The Sun » by Edgar Pangborn
- He was crying and retching, a pitiable and horrible sight to look upon.
- Extract from : « The Homicidal Diary » by Earl Peirce
- "Very ill with retching and divers pains," continued Thomas.
- Extract from : « The Passionate Elopement » by Compton Mackenzie
Antonyms for retching
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