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 queasy queasy /ˈkwiːzi/

adjective

  1. Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety  ( anxious , queasy , uneasy , nervous , unquiet )
    causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
     Spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
    spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
     Cast anxious glances behind her
    cast anxious glances behind her
     Those nervous moments before takeoff
    those nervous moments before takeoff
     An unquiet mind
    an unquiet mind
  2. Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit  ( nauseous , queasy , nauseated , sick , sickish )
    feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
      She took a sick day to recover from the flu.
    She took a sick day to recover from the flu.
  3. Causing or able to cause nausea  ( nauseating , nauseous , noisome , loathsome , offensive , queasy , sickening , vile , vomitous [American] )
    causing or able to cause nausea
     A nauseating smell
    a nauseating smell
     Nauseous offal
    nauseous offal
     A sickening stench
    a sickening stench