queasiness

1
as in nausea
a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting he still battled queasiness, even on large cruise ships

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as in squeamishness
the tendency to be or state of being squeamish a girl who has no queasiness about bugs at all

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Recent Examples of queasiness Obvious as that opening sequence at the cider mill might be, there’s a lingering queasiness to its Wes Anderson-like top-down shots of apples being funnelled through a big machine that shuts down the second an irregular object is thrown into the mix. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • Others may include nausea, difficulty breathing and muscle weakness.
    Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Rollouts of new laser projection technology are improving issues with screen darkness, if not some viewers’ headaches and nausea.
    Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The idea prompts a degree of squeamishness.
    David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Part of the cultural discomfort with the show’s reboot reflects a squeamishness with the idea of women aging.
    Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Further signs of sickness can be seen in job openings.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike my frail biological instrument, an AI voice will never experience sickness.
    Adam Verner September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Queasiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queasiness. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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