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   Quea·sy

   /ˈkwēzē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. nauseated; feeling sick: "in the morning he was still pale and queasy"
   • ▪ inducing a feeling of nausea: "the queasy swell of the boat"
   • ▪ slightly nervous or worried about something.

   Word Origin late Middle Englishqueisy, coisy ‘causing nausea’, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Old French coisier ‘to hurt’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. queasily adverb
   • 2. queasiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

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   What does queasy mean?

   • slightly nervous or worried about something Now she’d arrived she felt queasy inside. Definition of queasy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   How many meanings does the adjective queasy have?

   • There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective queasy, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the adjective queasy? How is the adjective queasy pronounced? Where does the adjective queasy come from? is of unknown origin. quean, n. Old English– queath, v.

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   What does it mean if you feel queasy?

   • Get a quick, free translation! QUEASY definition: If you feel queasy, you feel slightly sick as if you might vomit.. Learn more.

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   What is a synonym for queasy?

   • Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms: queasy(a.) Synonyms: qualmish, sick (at the stomach), inclined to vomit queasy(a.) Synonyms: fastidious, squeamish, difficult, over-nice, over-delicate, hard to please

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   2 days ago · queasy in American English. (ˈkwizi) adjective Word forms: -sier, -siest. 1. inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated. 2. tending to cause nausea; nauseating. 3. uneasy or uncomfortable, as feelings, the conscience, etc.

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   slightly nervous or worried about something. Now she’d arrived she felt queasy inside. Definition of queasy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   queasy. If you feel queasy, you feel slightly sick as if you might vomit. (Definition of queasy from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   adjective. These are words and phrases related to queasy. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of queasy. Violence makes me queasy. I felt queasy about going to the principal's office. Synonyms. sick to the stomach. sickish. nauseous. nauseated. giddy. disposed to vomit. nauseating. sickening. bilious.

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Illness & disability quea‧sy /ˈkwiːzi/ adjective 1 feeling that you are going to vomit The sea got rougher, and I began to feel queasy. 2 American English feeling uncomfortable because an action seems morally wrong queasy about Many Democrats felt queasy about the issue.

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   What does the adjective queasy mean? There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective queasy, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. queasy has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. medicine (Middle English) pathology (mid 1500s) soil science (late 1500s)