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queasy

[ kwee-zee ]

adjective

, quea·si·er, quea·si·est.
  1. inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
  2. tending to cause nausea; nauseating.
  3. uneasy or uncomfortable, as feelings, the conscience, etc.

    Synonyms: worried, anxious, upset

  4. squeamish; excessively fastidious.


queasy

/ ˈkwiːzɪ /

adjective

  1. having the feeling that one is about to vomit; nauseous
  2. feeling or causing uneasiness

    a queasy conscience



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Derived Forms

  • ˈqueasily, adverb
  • ˈqueasiness, noun

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Other Words From

  • queasi·ly adverb
  • queasi·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of queasy1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English qweysy, coisi, of uncertain origin

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Word History and Origins

Origin of queasy1

C15: of uncertain origin

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Example Sentences

Surely all this graphic talk of gastrointestinal distress is making you queasy.

Yet financialism can leave voters feeling queasy, and candidates grasping for answers.

In any event, the advice is queasy and muddy: what exactly are reformed Republicans supposed to say about marriage equality?

Here, we examine its origins—a queasy history of violence and sexuality.

An ad for the attempted “male” oven, the Queasy Bake Cookerator.

He felt a queasy giddiness because there was no hand-railing at the outer lock door and he knew the depth of the fall outside.

Not that I would recommend it medicinally,—especially to persons of queasy stomachs, delicate nerves, and afflicted with bile.

The lurching billows of clouds made him queasy; he opened his Piper samples case and popped a pill into his mouth.

But midway the eighteenth century they were not so queasy–stomached.

He felt slightly queasy and wondered if he might be drowning.

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