queasy

English

Alternative forms

• queazy

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwiː.zi/

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• Rhymes: -iːzi

Adjective

queasy (comparative queasier, superlative queasiest)

1. Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
   • 1999, Lucy Honig, The Truly Needy And Other Stories, University of Pittsburgh Press, →ISBN, page 75:

     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.

2. Easily troubled; squeamish.

Derived terms

• queasily
• queasiness

Translations

experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness

• Bulgarian: предизвикващ гадене (predizvikvašt gadene)
• Czech: působící nevolnost, zvedající žaludek
• Dutch: misselijk (nl), walgelijk (nl)
• Finnish: pahoinvoiva, huonovointinen (fi)
• French: nauséeux (fr) m
• Georgian: გულისამრევი (gulisamrevi)
• German: übel (de), schlecht (de)
• Hungarian: émelygő (hu)
• Irish: samhnasach, adhascaideach
• Maori: ngātoro, whakapairua, whakapairuaki, honuhonu
• Portuguese: enjoado (pt)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} тошнотворный (ru) (tošnotvornyj), ^{(please verify)} испытывающий тошноту (ispytyvajuščij tošnotu)
• Spanish: nauseabundo (es), nauseoso (es) (rare)

easily troubled; squeamish

• Bulgarian: придирчив (bg) (pridirčiv), деликатен (bg) (delikaten)
• Czech: citlivý (cs) m, choulostivý (cs) m
• Dutch: teergevoelig (nl)
• Georgian: მგრძნობიარე (mgrʒnobiare), სუსტი (susṭi)
• German: empfindlich (de)
• Irish: samhnasach
• Russian: оби́дчивый (ru) (obídčivyj), чувстви́тельный (ru) (čuvstvítelʹnyj)

See also

• nauseous
• nauseated

Anagrams

• Quayes