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queasy Definition

queasy (kwē)

adjective -·sier, -·si·est

  1. causing nausea
  2. affected with nausea
  3. squeamish; qualmish; easily nauseated or disgusted
  4. causing or feeling discomfort; uneasy
  5. Archaic difficult to please; fastidious
  6. Archaic troublous; hazardous

Etymology: Late ME qwesye < Gmc echoic base, as in LowG dial. quesen, to grumble, grouse

queasy Related Forms

quea·sily adverb quea·si·ness noun

queasy Synonyms

queasy

modif.

nauseous, squeamish, sick to one's stomach, uneasy; see sick, uncomfortable 1.

queasy Usage Examples

Infinitive complement

think: Makes them queasy to think of not being a body.

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: This makes me slightly queasy for a couple of reasons.
  • little: By the time I get home I feel a little queasy, a bit like travel sickness.
  • very: Some of the scences are grusome and make you feel very queasy.
  • quite: DC felt quite queasy on the second trip in the rougher offshore waters.
  • decidedly: By the time we are half way there I'm not quite sick just decidedly queasy.
  • too: I felt too queasy to explore it and slept out in the sun.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • feel: We all felt a bit queasy from then on.
  • make: The orange glow over the city makes the sky look queasy.
  • get: I liked the Empire State bit and actually got a bit queasy at some points tho!

Modifies a noun

  • stomach: I felt awful with a queasy stomach now joining with my bad head.
  • feeling: I had a queasy feeling that I couldn't shake.
  • moment: You know those queasy moments when you suddenly see a photograph of an old flame in the newspaper?
  • listening: Hearing about people deliberately injuring themselves can be queasy listening for some.
  • reading: LOL, I feel a bit queasy reading all of this!

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: DC felt quite queasy on the second trip in the rougher offshore waters.
  • get: About four hours into a flight from Lima to Dallas I started getting queasy.
  • look: Scully stands beside Trondheim, while Mulder, looking queasy, emerges from the lavatory.