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QUEASY (queasier, queasiest)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: queasier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, queasiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does queasy mean? 

QUEASY (adjective)
  The adjective QUEASY has 3 senses:

1. causing or able to cause nauseaplay

2. feeling nausea; feeling about to vomitplay

3. causing or fraught with or showing anxietyplay

  Familiarity information: QUEASY used as an adjective is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUEASY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: queasier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: queasiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Causing or able to cause nausea

Synonyms:

loathsome; nauseating; nauseous; noisome; offensive; queasy; sickening; vile

Context example:

a sickening stench

Similar:

unwholesome (detrimental to physical or moral well-being)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

Synonyms:

nauseated; nauseous; queasy; sick; sickish

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)

Derivation:

queasiness (a mild state of nausea)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

Synonyms:

anxious; nervous; queasy; uneasy; unquiet

Context example:

an unquiet mind

Similar:

troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)

Derivation:

queasiness (inability to rest or relax or be still)


 Context examples 


A disorder characterized by a queasy sensation and/or the urge to vomit.

(Nausea, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Motion sickness can start suddenly, with a queasy feeling and cold sweats.

(Motion Sickness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)



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