QUEASINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does queasiness mean? 

• QUEASINESS (noun)
  The noun QUEASINESS has 2 senses:

1. a mild state of nausea

2. inability to rest or relax or be still

  Familiarity information: QUEASINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUEASINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mild state of nausea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

qualm; queasiness; squeamishness

Hypernyms ("queasiness" is a kind of...):

nausea; sickness (the state that precedes vomiting)

Derivation:

queasy (feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Inability to rest or relax or be still

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

queasiness; restlessness; uneasiness

Hypernyms ("queasiness" is a kind of...):

nervousness (a sensitive or highly strung temperament)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "queasiness"):

jactation; jactitation ((pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness)

Derivation:

queasy (causing or fraught with or showing anxiety)