SYNONYMS | EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN adjective, quea·si·er, quea·si·est. inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
tending to cause nausea; nauseating.
uneasy or uncomfortable, as feelings, the conscience, etc.
squeamish; excessively fastidious.
Also especially British quea·zy .
Origin of queasy 1425–75; late Middle English qweysy, coisi, of uncertain origin
Related forms quea·si·ly , adverb quea·si·ness , noun Can be confused quasi queasy Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for queasy restless ,
sickly ,
groggy ,
anxious ,
squeamish ,
uncomfortable ,
uneasy ,
fidgety ,
concerned ,
ill ,
indisposed ,
nauseated ,
queer ,
rocky ,
sick ,
troubled ,
uncertain ,
unwell ,
upset ,
worried Examples from the Web for queasy Contemporary Examples of queasy Surely all this graphic talk of gastrointestinal distress is making you queasy .
In any event, the advice is queasy and muddy: what exactly are reformed Republicans supposed to say about marriage equality?
Here, we examine its origins—a queasy history of violence and sexuality.
An ad for the attempted “male” oven, the Queasy Bake Cookerator.
Introduce the concept of King Charles and Queen Camilla, and the numbers go into a tail-spin (even I get queasy ).
Historical Examples of queasy Something indefinable, a queasy feeling, took Beardsley about the middle.
But midway the eighteenth century they were not so queasy –stomached.
She turned ashen about the mouth, and a queasy feeling sickened her.
It was like pressing upon a queasy invalid the sweets which had made him sick.
Sir John waited at his hotel for Queasy , who had promised to call to let him know when the ladies f would go to Tunbridge.
British Dictionary definitions for queasy adjective -sier or -siest having the feeling that one is about to vomit; nauseous
feeling or causing uneasiness a queasy conscience
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Derived Forms queasily , adverb queasiness , noun Word Origin for queasy C15: of uncertain origin
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Word Origin and History for queasy adj. mid-15c., kyse , coysy , of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse kveisa "boil," perhaps influenced by Anglo-French queisier , from Old French coisier "to wound, hurt, make uneasy," which seems to be from the same Germanic root as kveisa . But the history is obscure and evidences of development are wanting. Related: Queasily ; queasiness .
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
adj. Experiencing nausea.
Easily nauseated.
Causing nausea; sickening.
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