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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Noun
  • Healthy persons infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
  • Lesser symptoms, which often clear over a few days, can include: — Muscle soreness. — Headache, nausea, stomach upset and other post-concussion types of symptoms. — Mild confusion, memory slowness or mental clouding. — Dizziness, balance problems.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Luther is shown struggling with a sickness early in the movie.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 23 May 2025
  • Organic materials like wood and oil that don’t fully burn can leave polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons — or PAHs — which can harm the immune system and cause sickness in the short term and cancer in the long term.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
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“Queasiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queasiness. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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