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queasy
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quea·sy also quea·zy  (kwz)
adj. quea·si·er also quea·zi·er, quea·si·est also quea·zi·est
1. Experiencing nausea; nauseated.
2. Easily nauseated.
3. Causing nausea; sickening: the queasy lurch of an airplane during a storm.
4.
a. Causing uneasiness.
b. Uneasy; troubled.
5.
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).

[Middle English coisy, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

queasi·ly adv.
queasi·ness n.

queasy
Adjective
[-sier, -siest]
1. having the feeling that one is about to vomit; nauseous
2. feeling or causing uneasiness [origin unknown]
queasily adv
queasiness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.queasyqueasy - causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
2.queasy - feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
3.queasyqueasy - causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"
troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers"

queasy
adjective 1. sick, ill, nauseous, squeamish, upset, uncomfortable, crook Austral., N.Z. (informal) queer, unwell, giddy, nauseated, groggy (informal) off colour, bilious, indisposed, green around the gills (informal) sickish
Translations
queasy [ˈkwiːzɪ] adj to feel queasy → tener náuseas

queasy [ˈkwiːzɪ] adj [stomach] → délicat(e);
to feel queasy → avoir mal au cœur

queasy [ˈkwiːzɪ] adj (nauseous) → übel;
I feel queasy → mir ist übel or schlecht

queasy [ˈkwiːzɪ] adj [stomach] → delicato/a;
to feel queasy → aver la nausea

queasy
adj queasy [ˈkwiːzi]
feeling as if one is about to be sick The motion of the boat made her feel queasy. naar شَديد الحَساسِيَّه слаб malátný, ne ve své kůži sløj unwohl ανακατωμένος, που αισθάνεται ναυτία mareado, con náuseas iiveldamaajav دچار تهوع huonovointinen mal au coeur qui a חָש בְּחִילָה वमनकारी nadražen, osjetljiv émelygő mual haldinn velgju nauseato むかむかする 메스꺼운 blogumo, pykinimo jausmas loya, mual misselijk kvalm(ende) odczuwający mdłości nauseado suferind de greţuri тошнотворный podráždený občutljivega želodca osećati mučninu illamående คลื่นไส้ midesi bulanmış 使人眩暈的 нудотний جی متلانے کا احساس buồn nôn 使


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