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queasiness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of queasiness

1 a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting

  • he still battled queasiness, even on large cruise ships
Synonyms of queasiness

nausea, nauseousness, qualmishness, queerness, sickness, squeamishness
Words Related to queasiness

qualm

airsickness, altitude sickness, car sickness, morning sickness, motion sickness, mountain sickness, seasickness

2 the tendency to be or state of being squeamish

  • a girl who has no queasiness about bugs at all
Synonyms of queasiness

delicacy, qualmishness, squeamishness
Words Related to queasiness

daintiness, fastidiousness, finicalness, finickiness, fussiness
Near Antonyms of queasiness

boldness, gutsiness
Antonyms of queasiness

indelicacy

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  1. Spanish Central: Translation of queasiness Nglish: Translation of queasiness for Spanish speakers

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