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单词 queasiness
释义

queasy

adjective

quea·​sy ˈkwē-zē How to pronounce queasy (audio)
variants or less commonly queazy
queasier; queasiest
1
a
: causing nausea
queasy motion
b
: suffering from nausea : nauseated
2
: full of doubt : hazardous
3
a
: causing uneasiness
b(1)
: delicate, squeamish
(2)
: ill at ease
queasily
ˈkwē-zə-lē How to pronounce queasy (audio)
adverb
queasiness
ˈkwē-zē-nəs How to pronounce queasy (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • ill
  • nauseated
  • nauseous
  • qualmish
  • queer
  • queerish
  • sick
  • sickish
  • squeamish
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Example Sentences

The boat ride made me a little queasy. She complained of a queasy stomach. He feels queasy about taking the test. She had the queasy feeling that she was being watched.
Recent Examples on the Web She’s a star New Yorker writer, capable of drilling into complicated, morally queasy situations and excavating definitive tales from the chaos. WIRED, 14 Sep. 2022 The optics of the deal for a quarterback who still faced two dozen civil lawsuits were especially queasy because of the new contract the Browns gave Watson. Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022 Last year, for instance, rumors of a norovirus led my own trail family to skip shelters and steer clear of queasy friends. Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2020 However, this number is largely arbitrary and primarily serves as the marker at which investors feel queasy about their portfolio performance. Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 15 June 2022 The streaming giant's stock has plummeted roughly 70% this year, investors are queasy about its business and the one-time darling of the entertainment industry now looks to have a murky future. Frank Pallotta, CNN, 23 June 2022 Directed by genre alchemist Bong Joon Ho, who would revisit similar themes a few years later with the Academy Award-winning Parasite, the film melds action with horror, humor, and a healthy dose of queasy drama. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 May 2022 And so we are forced to snore our way through far too many scenes re-creating the break-in, reliving G. Gordon Liddy’s (Shea Whigham) insanity and enduring the queasy anguish of Dan Stevens’ John Dean, relieved only occasionally by Roberts’ Martha. Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022 The 32-year-old actor had been to Cannes twice before and had experienced its queasy jitters, spurred by drinking too much, sleeping too little and feeling eyeballs scan his face to gauge his importance. New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English coysy, qwesye

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

queasy

adjective

quea·​sy ˈkwē-zē How to pronounce queasy (audio)
queasier; queasiest
1
: somewhat nauseated
The boat ride made me queasy.
2
: full of doubt : uneasy I have a queasy feeling I'm being watched.

queasiness

noun

1
as in nausea
a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting he still battled queasiness, even on large cruise ships

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • nausea
  • sickness
  • nauseousness
  • squeamishness
  • queerness
  • qualm
  • seasickness
  • airsickness
  • qualmishness
  • motion sickness
  • mountain sickness
  • altitude sickness
  • morning sickness
  • car sickness
2
as in squeamishness
the tendency to be or state of being squeamish a girl who has no queasiness about bugs at all

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • squeamishness
  • fussiness
  • fastidiousness
  • finickiness
  • delicacy
  • qualmishness
  • daintiness
  • finicalness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • indelicacy
  • boldness
  • gutsiness
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