queasy Definition
queasy (kwē′zē)
adjective -·sier, -·si·est
- causing nausea
- affected with nausea
- squeamish; qualmish; easily nauseated or disgusted
- causing or feeling discomfort; uneasy
- Archaic difficult to please; fastidious
- 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 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
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