queasy
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/ˈkwiː.zi/
Definition of queasy
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
“She was in the middle of a gigantic breakfast of coffee and piles of toast, eggs and bacon and a tall glass of milk. It made him queasy to see all that food.”
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adj
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Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
“She was in the middle of a gigantic breakfast of coffee and piles of toast, eggs and bacon and a tall glass of milk. It made him queasy to see all that food.”
- Easily troubled; squeamish.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English coysy, possibly from Old Norse kveisa (“boil”) ( > Norwegian kveise/kvise), perhaps influenced by Anglo-Norman queisier, from Old French coisier (“to wound, hurt, make uneasy”).
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