queasy

See also: quinsy

English

Alternative forms

• queazy, queezy, queesy

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 (fi), 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