QUEAZY 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 Professor continued, oblivious to my queasy sense of déjà vu. — Eric Ries, Fortune, 26 May 2026 And, in the aftermath of a stomach-churning stick-up that twisted my guts with the queasy horror of a repressed memory, Gary is given a week to make the problem go away. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 May 2026 Just the thought of it makes folks feel queasy. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for queasy

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Adjective

Pediatric staff members bring Halloween, Christmas, Easter, New Year’s Eve and even the Tooth Fairy to hospitalized sick kids.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
Documenting which children grew sickest and following an illness from house to house was a method aimed at articulating an explainable pattern.

— Jim Downs, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of sick

Adjective

Maybe that sounds counterintuitive to folks worried about how the Bears are going to supply their roster with high-end talent in the next couple of years, and there will be a host of needs on defense alone.

— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Delawalla adds that many voters may also be worried about public health, particularly given the ongoing measles crisis and the summer’s cyclosporiasis outbreak.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of worried

Adjective

Netanyahu’s allies have sought, somewhat unconvincingly, to cast him as too left-wing and squeamish to protect Israel’s security.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Oct. 2026
Peptide therapy has mostly meant injections, which is a hard sell for anyone squeamish about needles or juggling a busy routine.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of squeamish

Adjective

Meyers' thinking is that as the odds go up of a Democratic party win, investors are getting more nervous about parts of the artificial intelligence trade.

— Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Later on, after the guests have left, this cheating convention makes Kaylee nervous.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of nervous

Adjective

Jessica Barden has a ball playing a mercurial, theatrical Nance who gets nauseous at the sight of her peas touching her carrots touching her mashed potatoes.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
There are snippets from Moby-Dick and The Sound of Music, a nauseous memory of the Stanley Steemer man who used to soak David’s carpets with a toxic cleaning agent that squelched around his bare feet (‘Suck, suck, suck’).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of nauseous

Adjective

There was no upset this time in the season opener for TCU men’s basketball as the Horned Frogs rolled to a 98-59 win over Lindenwood Monday night at Schollmaier Arena.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026
Hafley was naturally upset about Ollie Gordon’s unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that turned into a 3rd and 5 into a 3rd and 20 that the Dolphins didn’t convert during the Patriots’ 21-0 run.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026

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