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Definition of Queasy
1. Adjective. Causing or able to cause nausea. "A sickening stench"
Exact synonyms: Loathsome, Nauseating, Nauseous, Noisome, Offensive, Sickening, Vile
Similar to: Unwholesome
Derivative terms: Loathsomeness, Nauseatingness, Nausea, Noisomeness, Offend, Offensiveness, Sickeningness, Vileness
Similar to: Unwholesome
Derivative terms: Loathsomeness, Nauseatingness, Nausea, Noisomeness, Offend, Offensiveness, Sickeningness, Vileness
2. Adjective. Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit.
Exact synonyms: Nauseated, Nauseous, Sick, Sickish
Similar to: Ill, Sick
Derivative terms: Nausea, Queasiness, Sickness
Similar to: Ill, Sick
Derivative terms: Nausea, Queasiness, Sickness
3. Adjective. Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety. "An unquiet mind"
Exact synonyms: Anxious, Nervous, Uneasy, Unquiet
Similar to: Troubled
Derivative terms: Anxiousness, Nervousness, Nervousness, Queasiness, Uneasiness
Similar to: Troubled
Derivative terms: Anxiousness, Nervousness, Nervousness, Queasiness, Uneasiness
Definition of Queasy
1. a. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish.
Definition of Queasy
1. easily nauseated [adj -SIER, -SIEST] : QUEASILY [adv]
Medical Definition of Queasy
1. 1. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish. 2. Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish. " A queasy question." "Some seek, when queasy conscience has its qualms." (Cowper) Origin: Icel. Kweisa pain; cf. Norw. Kveis sickness after a debauch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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