variants
or less commonly queazy
queasier; queasiest
1
a
: causing nausea
queasy motion
b
: suffering from nausea : nauseated
2
: full of doubt : hazardous
Synonyms
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.
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As weather alerts blink on my phone – UNSAFE AIR QUALITY, STAY INSIDE – a queasy feeling bubbles in my gut.
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Stefanie Wass, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Nov. 2023
With that sentence, written by the journalist Samantha Cole for the tech site Motherboard in December, 2017, a queasy new chapter in our cultural history opened.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
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For thousands of years, humans have been getting queasy on boats.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2023
And know that this look is for those of you who don’t get queasy.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 27 Oct. 2023
Color is a bilious miasma, golden tones sliding into flashes of brightness that collapse into queasy hues.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
As the horrors mount around her, Mollie navigates her queasy, gathering suspicions as well as her affection for her husband.
—Vulture, 20 Oct. 2023
A lot can happen in the next several months but many of Mr. Trump’s critics are getting the queasy feeling that America’s 45th president might also be her 47th.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023
In 2016, Tesla shareholders had been queasy about Musk’s plan to acquire SolarCity, a debt-laden solar-panel company run by his cousins, in which Musk had a large personal stake.
—Will Oremus, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
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Stefanie Wass, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Nov. 2023
With that sentence, written by the journalist Samantha Cole for the tech site Motherboard in December, 2017, a queasy new chapter in our cultural history opened.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news
For thousands of years, humans have been getting queasy on boats.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2023
And know that this look is for those of you who don’t get queasy.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 27 Oct. 2023
Color is a bilious miasma, golden tones sliding into flashes of brightness that collapse into queasy hues.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
As the horrors mount around her, Mollie navigates her queasy, gathering suspicions as well as her affection for her husband.
—Vulture, 20 Oct. 2023
A lot can happen in the next several months but many of Mr. Trump’s critics are getting the queasy feeling that America’s 45th president might also be her 47th.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023
In 2016, Tesla shareholders had been queasy about Musk’s plan to acquire SolarCity, a debt-laden solar-panel company run by his cousins, in which Musk had a large personal stake.
—Will Oremus, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English coysy, qwesye
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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The first known use of queasy was
in the 15th century
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“Queasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/queasy. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
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