queasy
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queasy
troubled; anxious; worried; nauseated; upset: After she ate the spoiled food she felt queasy.
Not to be confused with:
qualm – uneasy feeling; pang of conscience; misgiving: She has no qualms about lying to her parents.
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quea·sy
also quea·zy (kwē′zē)adj. quea·si·er, quea·si·est also quea·zi·er or quea·zi·est
1. Experiencing nausea; nauseated.
2. Easily nauseated.
3. Causing nausea; sickening: the queasy lurch of an airplane during a storm.
4.
a. Causing uneasiness.
b. Uneasy; troubled.
5.
a. Easily troubled.
b. Ill at ease; squeamish: "He is not queasy about depicting mass violence, in some circumstances, as a legitimate instrument of social transformation" (Shaul Bakhash).
[Middle English coisy, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
quea′si·ly adv.
quea′si·ness n.
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queasy
(ˈkwiːzɪ)adj, -sier or -siest
1. having the feeling that one is about to vomit; nauseous
2. feeling or causing uneasiness: a queasy conscience.
[C15: of uncertain origin]
ˈqueasily adv
ˈqueasiness n
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quea•sy
(ˈkwi zi)adj. -si•er, -si•est.
1. inclined to or feeling nausea.
2. causing nausea; nauseating.
3. uneasy; uncomfortable.
4. squeamish; fastidious.
[1425–75; late Middle English qweysy, coisi, of uncertain orig.]
quea′si•ly, adv.
quea′si•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. |  queasy - causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"unwholesome - detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking" |
| 2. | queasy - feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit | |
| 3. |  queasy - causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers" |
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queasy
adjective
1. sick, ill, nauseous, squeamish, upset, uncomfortable, crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), queer, unwell, giddy, nauseated, groggy (informal), off colour, bilious, indisposed, green around the gills (informal), sickish He was prone to sickness and already felt queasy.
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Translations
شَديد الحَساسِيَّه
malátnýne ve své kůži
sløj
émelygõ
haldinn velgju
midesi bulanmış
queasy
[ˈkwiːzɪ] ADJ (queasier (compar) (queasiest (superl)))1. (= nauseous) [stomach] → revuelto
his stomach was queasy → tenía el estómago revuelto
to be or feel queasy → tener náuseas
the food made her (feel) queasy → la comida le revolvió el estómago
the slight rocking made her feel queasy → el ligero balanceo la mareó
it made him (feel) queasy to watch it → se mareó al verlo, verlo le revolvió el estómago
his stomach was queasy → tenía el estómago revuelto
to be or feel queasy → tener náuseas
the food made her (feel) queasy → la comida le revolvió el estómago
the slight rocking made her feel queasy → el ligero balanceo la mareó
it made him (feel) queasy to watch it → se mareó al verlo, verlo le revolvió el estómago
2. (= uneasy) → intranquilo
I had a queasy feeling about the whole thing → todo este asunto me inquietaba or me hacía sentirme intranquilo
I had a queasy feeling about the whole thing → todo este asunto me inquietaba or me hacía sentirme intranquilo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
queasy
[ˈkwiːzi] adjCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
queasy
adj (+er) stomach → gereizt; I feel queasy → mir ist (leicht) übel; it makes me queasy → da wird mir übel; don’t do it if you feel queasy about it → wenn dir nicht wohl dabei ist, dann tus doch nicht; a queasy feeling (unwell) → ein Gefühl nt → der Übelkeit, ein Übelkeitsgefühl nt; I had a queasy feeling about the whole thing → ich hatte ein ungutes Gefühl bei der ganzen Sache
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
queasy
[ˈkwiːzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (stomach) → nauseato/ato feel queasy → avere la nausea
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
queasy
(ˈkwiːzi) adjective feeling as if one is about to be sick. The motion of the boat made her feel queasy.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
queasy
a. nauseabundo-a;
___ stomach → náuseas, asco.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
queasy
adj (comp -ier; super -iest) con un poco de náusea(s), que tiene náusea(s); I feel queasy..Siento un poco de náusea(s).English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.