Retch

/ɹɛt͡ʃ/

Synonyms for "retch" (62 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

Noun(1 words)
barfbe nauseatedbe seasickbe sickbring upchoke onchuck up
Verb(5 words)

Strong matches (18)

disgorgeegestfeed the fishfeel disgustgagheaveheave the gorge
Noun(6 words)
gaggag reflexgagginggagging noisegagsheaves

Related words (31)

Noun(7 words)
nauseanauseateretching soundsicknessvomiting reflexvomitsyack

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

13 entries
auditory phenomenonclinical findingegesteliminateexcretemedical symptommovenauseapassphysiological responsereflexsoundspasm

More specific

9 entries
dry heavegag reflexgagging noisegastrointestinal upsetnauseousnessqueasinessretchingvomit soundvomiting reflex

Collocations

8 entries
dry heavegag reflexnausea retchingpersistent retchingprofuse retchingretch reflexsevere retchingviolent retch

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Just remembering the smell of that rotten food makes me want to retch.

Source: tatoeba (8928682)

Sorry for what I wrote, because I wanted to retch.

Source: tatoeba (10094993)

Here he grew inarticulate with retching.

Source: wiktionary

[…] in a couple of hours they were seized with violent retching; the contents of their stomachs were mixed with blood, mucus, and froth.

Source: wiktionary

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