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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
As Xavier—who was, rather conveniently, a licensed pilot—guided a plane out of the Colorado bunker in a quest to find her in Atlanta, viewers staggered off the Paradise ride, too confused to tell if that queasiness in the pit of our stomachs was excitement or just motion sickness.
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Judy Berman, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
Pregnant people with morning sickness, patients undergoing chemotherapy, and people with GI diseases that cause persistent queasiness often find relief with a cup.
—Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 23 Feb. 2026
While some lucky people never feel ill, that queasiness can be pretty debilitating for many others—more so in the first trimester, but occasionally throughout the entire pregnancy.
—Julia Ries Wexler, SELF, 9 Feb. 2026
Most pages exude that unnerving queasiness which results from seeing a worrying lack of paragraph breaks in the foreseeable near future.
—Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
Even though Wall Street loves lower rates, the personal attacks caused some queasiness in financial markets because of the possibility of a less independent Fed.
—Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
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
Judy Berman, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
Pregnant people with morning sickness, patients undergoing chemotherapy, and people with GI diseases that cause persistent queasiness often find relief with a cup.
—Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 23 Feb. 2026
While some lucky people never feel ill, that queasiness can be pretty debilitating for many others—more so in the first trimester, but occasionally throughout the entire pregnancy.
—Julia Ries Wexler, SELF, 9 Feb. 2026
Most pages exude that unnerving queasiness which results from seeing a worrying lack of paragraph breaks in the foreseeable near future.
—Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
Even though Wall Street loves lower rates, the personal attacks caused some queasiness in financial markets because of the possibility of a less independent Fed.
—Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queasiness
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The nausea that lasted three days when his pancreas flared from CF.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Specific changes in two genes appear to help predict whether patients will lose substantial weight on GLP-1 drugs used to treat obesity — and whether the drugs will cause nausea or vomiting, which are some of their most common side effects, STAT writes, citing a paper in Nature.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
9 Apr. 2026
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The squeamishness reflects a certain independent streak held by voters in both states and a willingness by some to push back.—
Isabella Volmert,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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At the State Budget Committee meeting where the renovation spending was approved, Democrats expressed the concerns many have about making sure detainees maintain civil rights and access to legal representation ― as well as some squeamishness over the profit discussion.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
18 Sep. 2025
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Became waiflike, wearing sickness like face paint.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, before the split, five adult males died, possibly of sickness, which might have severed key social connections.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Queasiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queasiness. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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