queasy

troubled; anxious; worried; nauseated; upset: After she ate the spoiled food she felt queasy.

Not to be confused with:

qualm – uneasy feeling; pang of conscience; misgiving: She has no qualms about lying to her parents.

quea·sy

also quea·zy (kwē′zē)

adj. quea·si·er, quea·si·est also quea·zi·er or quea·zi·est

1. Experiencing nausea; nauseated.

2. Easily nauseated.

3. Causing nausea; sickening: the queasy lurch of an airplane during a storm.

a. Causing uneasiness.

b. Uneasy; troubled.

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.]

quea′si·ly adv.

quea′si·ness n.

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queasy

(ˈkwiːzɪ)

adj, -sier or -siest

1. having the feeling that one is about to vomit; nauseous

2. feeling or causing uneasiness: a queasy conscience.

[C15: of uncertain origin]

ˈqueasily adv

ˈqueasiness n

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quea•sy

(ˈkwi zi)

adj. -si•er, -si•est.

1. inclined to or feeling nausea.

2. causing nausea; nauseating.

3. uneasy; uncomfortable.

4. squeamish; fastidious.

[1425–75; late Middle English qweysy, coisi, of uncertain orig.]

quea′si•ly, adv.

quea′si•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	queasy - 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.	queasy - 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 He was prone to sickness and already felt queasy.

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Translations

شَديد الحَساسِيَّه

malátnýne ve své kůži

sløj

émelygõ

haldinn velgju

midesi bulanmış

queasy

[ˈkwiːzɪ] ADJ (queasier (compar) (queasiest (superl)))

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queasy

[ˈkwiːzi] adj

[stomach] → délicat(e)
to feel queasy (= nauseous) → avoir mal au cœur
I'm feeling queasy → J'ai mal au cœur.

queasy

adj (+er) stomach → gereizt; I feel queasy → mir ist (leicht) übel; it makes me queasy → da wird mir übel; don’t do it if you feel queasy about it → wenn dir nicht wohl dabei ist, dann tus doch nicht; a queasy feeling (unwell) → ein Gefühl nt → der Übelkeit, ein Übelkeitsgefühl nt; I had a queasy feeling about the whole thing → ich hatte ein ungutes Gefühl bei der ganzen Sache

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queasy

[ˈkwiːzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (stomach) → nauseato/a
to feel queasy → avere la nausea

queasy

(ˈkwiːzi) adjective

feeling as if one is about to be sick. The motion of the boat made her feel queasy.

queasy

a. nauseabundo-a;

___ stomach → náuseas, asco.

queasy

adj (comp -ier; super -iest) con un poco de náusea(s), que tiene náusea(s); I feel queasy..Siento un poco de náusea(s).