Dictionary

queasy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkwiː.zi/
• (Southern-England) audio

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”).

Meanings

1. 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. 1999, Lucy Honig, The Truly Needy And Other Stories, University of Pittsburgh Press, →ISBN, page 75:
2. Easily troubled; squeamish.

Forms

Deriveds

queazen · queasily · queasiness

Relateds

nauseated · nauseous

Synonyms

nauseated

Translations (33)

bg придирчив (easily troubled; squeamish) · nl teergevoelig (easily troubled; squeamish) · ka მგრძნობიარე (easily troubled; squeamish) · nl misselijk (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · cs zvedající žaludek (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · ka გულისამრევი (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · cs působící nevolnost (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · es nauseabundo (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · fr nauséeux (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · cs citlivý (easily troubled; squeamish) · mi ngātoro (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · ga samhnasach (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · cs mající žaludeční nevolnost (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · mi whakapairuaki (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · bg деликатен (easily troubled; squeamish) · de empfindlich (easily troubled; squeamish) · cs choulostivý (easily troubled; squeamish) · mi whakapairua (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · ga adhascaideach (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · bg предизвикващ гадене (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · pt enjoado (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · mi honuhonu (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · nl walgelijk (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · es nauseoso (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · fi huonovointinen (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · ka სუსტი (easily troubled; squeamish) · ru оби́дчивый (easily troubled; squeamish) · de übel (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · de schlecht (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · ru чувстви́тельный (easily troubled; squeamish) · hu émelygő (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · fi pahoinvoiva (experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness) · ga samhnasach (easily troubled; squeamish)