Meanings
comparative queasier · superlative queasiest · alternative queazy · alternative queezy · alternative queesy
- 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 75Synonyms: nauseated
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecausing or able to cause nausea
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchcoisier“to wound, hurt, make uneasy”
- Old Norsekveisa“boil”
- Middle Englishcoysy
- Englishqueasy
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian предизвикващ гадене, придирчив
- предизвикващ гадене (predizvikvašt gadene)experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- придирчив (pridirčiv)easily troubled; squeamish
- деликатен (delikaten)easily troubled; squeamish
Czech působící nevolnost, zvedající žaludek
- působící nevolnostexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- zvedající žaludekexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- mající žaludeční nevolnostexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- citlivýeasily troubled; squeamish
- choulostivýeasily troubled; squeamish
Dutch misselijk, walgelijk
- misselijkexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- walgelijkexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- teergevoeligeasily troubled; squeamish
Finnish pahoinvoiva, huonovointinen
- pahoinvoivaexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- huonovointinenexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
French nauséeux
- nauséeuxexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
German übel, schlecht
- übelexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- schlechtexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- empfindlicheasily troubled; squeamish
Hungarian émelygő
- émelygőexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Irish samhnasach, adhascaideach
- samhnasachexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- adhascaideachexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- samhnasacheasily troubled; squeamish
Māori ngātoro, whakapairua
- ngātoroexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- whakapairuaexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- whakapairuakiexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- honuhonuexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Portuguese enjoado
- enjoadoexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Russian оби́дчивый, чувстви́тельный
- оби́дчивый (obídčivyj)easily troubled; squeamish
- чувстви́тельный (čuvstvítelʹnyj)easily troubled; squeamish
Spanish nauseabundo, nauseoso
- nauseabundoexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
- nauseosoexperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with queasy
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queasy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queasy
“queasy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queasy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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