Queasy definition
The queasy lurch of an airplane during a storm.
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.
The queasy lurch of an airplane during a storm.
Other Word Forms
Adjective
Origin of queasy
- Middle English coisy perhaps of Scandinavian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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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