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queasiness

  • a word derived from queasy.
    queasy
    adjective
    inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.

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Tech stocks went on another roller-coaster ride Tuesday, their second plunge in three sessions, and futures point to more queasiness when trading begins today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

She called it a low-grade terror: “You know how that feels, right? Where you’re worried all the time, and it’s like a low burn in your chest, queasiness in the belly.”

From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026

Motion sickness remedies promise to ease queasiness but which ones are proven to work?

From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024

My feelings for this greatest of Neoclassical artists, who spun Roman precedents into propaganda for the Reign of Terror and then for Napoleon, have cycled over many years between adulation and queasiness.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

My anger at Anna May for not showing up for my fashion show had faded, overshadowed by the queasiness of guilt.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu