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discomfort (such as fullness, stomach pain, and gas) caused by difficulty in digesting food- She suffers indigestion when she is stressed or eats too quickly.
indigestion = discomfort (such as fullness, stomach pain, and gas) caused by difficulty in digesting food
- Here's a dilemma for you. I was sitting in the Palm, a famous steakhouse, trying to enjoy a rib-eye steak cooked medium rare. On the table in front of me, open to the first page, was a copy of a book about animal rights called Animal Liberation. If that sounds like a recipe for indigestion, well, that was sort of the idea.Michael Pollan -- The Omnivore's Dilemma
- Seventhly, it is an argument of Indigestion, when Greek and Latine Sentences unchewed come up again, as they use to doe, unchanged.Thomas Hobbes -- Leviathan
- Maybe it was the idea of Andy, but somehow they gave me indigestion.Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
- And that was the result of the Indian climate, and marriage, and indigestion, and other things of that kind.Oscar Wilde -- The Importance of Being Earnest
- He suffered from indigestion.Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None
- She's been going to him for weeks, and he's treated her for heart and indigestion."D.H. Lawrence -- Sons and Lovers
- She looked more disappointed, as if she'd been planning to have me for supper, but had decided I might give her indigestion.Rick Riordan -- The Lightning Thief
- And if indigestion it is, we can always dose him.Nora Roberts -- Dark Witch
- She added, "I have the feeling he suffers from indigestion," and drummed her breast while she swallowed.Eudora Welty -- The Golden Apples
- It's just that you always get indigestion afterward."Nicholas Sparks -- The Wedding
- I won't have you keeping me up all night with your indigestion.Kathryn Stockett -- The Help
- Milo would make them strong, Pilu would give them a magic voice, and I would give them...indigestion.Terry Pratchett -- Nation
- Horrible, fluffy things that give me hair balls and indigestion .Christopher Paolini -- Brisingr
- She added, "I have the feeling he suffers from indigestion," and drummed her breast while she swallowed.Eudora Welty -- The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
- The thought of backtracking and searching all the cozy little homes and luxury hideaways of David Angelini was giving her a bad case of indigestion.J.D. Robb -- Glory in Death
- Thought I had a touch of indigestion, you know, until the bleeding started up.Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
- He adopted a shrewd expression, which, on S.Q., looked rather as if he had severe indigestion.Trenton Lee Stewart -- The Mysterious Benedict Society
- Then arose a slim, melancholy girl, whose face had the "interesting" paleness that comes of pills and indigestion, and read a "poem."Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- "No; indigestion," I retorted, and continued my walk as if nothing untoward had occurred.Jack London -- Sea Wolf
indigestion = discomfort caused by difficulty in digesting food