Definition of queasy
queasier
;queasiest
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Examples of queasy in a Sentence
The boat ride made me a little queasy.
She complained of a queasy stomach.
He feels queasy about taking the test.
She had the queasy feeling that she was being watched.
Recent Examples of queasy from the Web
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But after one long run near their suburban Baltimore home in 2015, Heather felt especially queasy - and then elated as a second pink line materialized on the stick of her pregnancy test.
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Although their numbers are few, just mentioning the names of the serial killers who have taken the lives of dozens of people in the Kansas City metro area can give people a queasy feeling.
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Yet most parents are a bit queasy leaving their precious brood with a total stranger in a foreign place—according to a survey of 1,500 parents from the website Tripping.com, 88% of parents don’t hire a babysitter on vacation.
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Origin and Etymology of queasy
Middle English coysy, qwesye
First Known Use: 15th century
QUEASY Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of queasy for English Language Learners
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: having a sick feeling in the stomach : suffering from nausea
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: having an unpleasantly nervous or doubtful feeling
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