QUEASY Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

queasy

adjective

ˈkwē-zē

variants also queazy

Definition of queasy

as in sick

affected with nausea the youngster felt a little queasy after eating too much Easter candy

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as in worried

feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty since I don't know much about mechanical things, I'm always queasy when dealing with auto mechanics

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Recent Examples of queasy The show, with its interest in corporate buffoonery, doesn’t quite manage to hand-wave away the queasy implications. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026 Nominally in the spirit of ’90s from-hell thrillers, The Patient is a riveting character drama that offers some queasy white-knuckle suspense on the way to a thrilling climax. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026 Americans are especially queasy about getting the military involved. — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026 Never’s queasy Uncut Gems accompaniment — which, like many other A24 soundtracks, received splashy vinyl releases and considerable acclaim. — Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for queasy

Recent Examples of Synonyms for queasy

Adjective

If a sick animal did end up at a slaughterhouse, the US Department of Agriculture’s thorough meat inspection system would very likely spot it, separate it from others and deem it US Suspect.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
But when McGinley was a teen-ager, Michael became sick with AIDS and moved home to New Jersey.

— Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

Definition of sick

Adjective

The 18-year-old was sent to Adelanto ICE Detention Center in handcuffs, nearly a hundred miles away from his worried family members.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Holmes is worried about old shingles and tiles in construction material that could have asbestos leaking into the water supply.

— Mary Ella Hastings July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026

Definition of worried

Adjective

The irony is that in not trying to pass muster with more conservative theatergoers (and their fastidious institutional guardians), playwrights have been winning over not just critics but also formerly squeamish artistic directors and perennially nervous Broadway producers.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
But some of what got played for laughs in 2012 is mighty squeamish to revisit with a post #MeToo sensibility.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026

Definition of squeamish

Adjective

The looming project was why Purohit was nervous to move her mother into Silverado last winter.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
For most of the last decade the threat argument was a transatlantic one, with a nervous eastern flank pulling against a distracted west.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of nervous

Adjective

Max is accompanied on his adventures by anxious robot C-3PO AB Sitter, and FX, a magical alien masquerading as a toy who can turn the kid's implausibly impressive sand sculptures into fully functioning robots.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 July 2026
America’s centennial in 1876 was celebrated with a grand exhibition that projected an image of national unity and inventiveness in the anxious aftermath of civil war and recession.

— The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

Definition of anxious

Adjective

Black children experience higher rates of lactose intolerance, which meant many of my kids went the entire school day without clean, safe drinking water and instead milk that gave them an upset stomach.

— Joe Holberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Many party insiders thought Larson would cruise to victory at the party’s nominating convention, but Bronin pulled a stunning upset that sent shock waves through the Connecticut political establishment.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026

Definition of upset

Adjective

Now Gauff and her next opponent, Karolina Muchova, face off Thursday for a chance to transform their mutually uneasy relationships with the green blades beneath their feet into the biggest grass-court breakthrough of their careers.

— Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
The result is a tension stretched nearly to the snapping point, then resolved in an uneasy detente.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026

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