queasy
adjective/ˈkwiːzi/
/ˈkwiːzi/
- feeling sick; wanting to vomit synonym nauseous
- Travelling by boat makes me queasy.
- His stomach still felt queasy and he was grateful for the fresh air.
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- slightly nervous or worried about something
- Now she’d arrived she felt queasy inside.
Word Originlate Middle English queisy, coisy ‘causing nausea’, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Old French coisier ‘to hurt’.
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