queasy

quea·sy

Use queasy in a sentence

This woman is feeling queasy.

adjective

The definition of queasy means sick to your stomach or nauseous, or being slightly worried or nervous about something.

If you feel like you need to throw up, this is an example of a time when you feel queasy.
If you are nervous about giving a speech in front of your class, this is an example of a time when you feel queasy about giving a speech.

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queasy

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

Origin of queasy

Late Middle English qwesye from Germanic echoic base, as in Low German dialect, dialectal quesen, to grumble, grouse

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queasy

also quea·zy

adjective

quea·si·er, quea·si·est, also quea·zi·er quea·zi·est

Experiencing nausea; nauseated.
Easily nauseated.
Causing nausea; sickening: the queasy lurch of an airplane during a storm.
a. Causing uneasiness.
b. Uneasy; troubled.
a. Easily troubled.
b. Ill at ease; squeamish: “He is not queasy about depicting mass violence, in some circumstances, as a legitimate instrument of social transformation” ( Shaul Bakhash )

Origin of queasy

Middle English coisy perhaps of Scandinavian origin

Related Forms:

quea′si·ly
adverb

quea′si·ness
noun

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Adjective

(comparative queasier, superlative queasiest)

experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach
easily troubled; squeamish

Origin

From Middle English coysy, possibly from Old Norse kveisa (“boil") (> Norwegian kveise/kvise), perhaps influenced by Anglo-Norman queisier, from Old French coisier (“to wound, hurt, make uneasy").

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queasy - Medical Definition

also queazy (kwē′zē)

adj.

queasier queasiest also queazier queaziest

Experiencing nausea; nauseated.
Easily nauseated.
Causing nausea; sickening: the queasy lurch of an airplane during a storm.
1. Causing uneasiness.
2. Uneasy; troubled.

Related Forms:

quea′si·ly
adv.

quea′si·ness
n.

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