Feeling sick?

What are some other ways to say "a sick feeling"? My character just witnessed something horrible and needs to have a physical reaction to it. He's not going to actually throw up, just feel sick. But what's a nice, descriptive way to say that?

 

Standard’d be: Queasy, nauseous, um, stomach churning/turning, gag inducing, about to wretch...

 

I think it's "retch."

 

Probably not a "nice" way to say it, but one poster on fmylife.com talked about being "chained to the porcelain throne" while suffering from projectile vomiting aka the toilet.

Good description.....

Scott

 

Yeah, tripped back to Wayne’s World after posting.. blow chunks was unfortch brought to mind’s eye

Wretch... er yeah, typo if I got it rong.

 

Also "praying at the porcelain altar."

 

I didn't even think of gorge as like "gorge myself". I was imagining a deep canyon. You opened my eyes with this one.

 

Oooh good stuff here. Thanks for the ideas.