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.
Recent Examples on the Web
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.
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Will Oremus, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
On June 11, 2011, three days short of his 69th birthday, Jonathan Raban woke up feeling queasy.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
Bread, Crackers, and Pasta Feeling queasy makes all foods sound unappealing, but the right ones can ease symptoms by calming stomach acids, said Dr. Lee.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 21 Aug. 2023
This story of mistaken identity would on its own be gripping and revealing enough, both as a psychological study and for its explorations of the double in art and history, the disorienting effects of social media, and the queasy feeling of looking into a distorted mirror.
—Laura Marsh, The New Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
But that factor also contributes to the queasy feeling in High & Low that the subject is less defined by humbled remorse than self-pitying martyrdom.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2023
Just as pernicious were the spiritual and cultural erasures: the sadistic boarding schools designed to force Christian assimilation, and the racist Hollywood stereotyping in cartoons, movies and television (snippets of which the filmmakers thread in for appropriately queasy emphasis).
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany offered decisive material support to Franco’s side (the nationalists) while the Republican government received from its fellow democracies in France, the United States, and Great Britain only a queasy refusal to intervene.
—Sarah Watling, Time, 13 July 2023
Toward the end is when Dahan reaches back to the Holocaust, but Veil’s experience in the death camps is now a melodramatic climax, queasy in none of the ways Dahan intended.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
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Will Oremus, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
On June 11, 2011, three days short of his 69th birthday, Jonathan Raban woke up feeling queasy.
—Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
Bread, Crackers, and Pasta Feeling queasy makes all foods sound unappealing, but the right ones can ease symptoms by calming stomach acids, said Dr. Lee.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 21 Aug. 2023
This story of mistaken identity would on its own be gripping and revealing enough, both as a psychological study and for its explorations of the double in art and history, the disorienting effects of social media, and the queasy feeling of looking into a distorted mirror.
—Laura Marsh, The New Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
But that factor also contributes to the queasy feeling in High & Low that the subject is less defined by humbled remorse than self-pitying martyrdom.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2023
Just as pernicious were the spiritual and cultural erasures: the sadistic boarding schools designed to force Christian assimilation, and the racist Hollywood stereotyping in cartoons, movies and television (snippets of which the filmmakers thread in for appropriately queasy emphasis).
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany offered decisive material support to Franco’s side (the nationalists) while the Republican government received from its fellow democracies in France, the United States, and Great Britain only a queasy refusal to intervene.
—Sarah Watling, Time, 13 July 2023
Toward the end is when Dahan reaches back to the Holocaust, but Veil’s experience in the death camps is now a melodramatic climax, queasy in none of the ways Dahan intended.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 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 4 Oct. 2023.
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