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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
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.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queasiness
Noun
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Known to relieve nausea and bloating, ginger contains antioxidants with anti-inflammatory properties.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The cause was classified as norovirus, a contagious virus that causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and is commonly known as the stomach flu.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 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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This is where generalized odor anxiety intersects with the aforementioned puritanical squeamishness.—
Franklin Schneider,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Gein’s sickness is singular and curable, but ours, as a society, is out of control and hopeless?—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Oct. 2025
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The idea of green sickness comes out of Renaissance medicine, which in turn took a page from Hippocrates’s rediscovered book On the Disease of Virgins.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Queasiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queasiness. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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