queasy

English

Alternative forms

queazy

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/
Rhymes: -iːzi

Adjective

queasy (comparative queasier, superlative queasiest)

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.
Easily troubled; squeamish.

Derived terms

queasily
queasiness

Translations

experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness

Czech: působící nevolnost, zvedající žaludek
Dutch: misselijk (nl), walgelijk (nl)
Finnish: pahoinvoiva, huonovointinen (fi)
French: nauséeux (fr) m
Georgian: გულისამრევი (gulisamrevi)
German: übel (de)

Hungarian: émelygő (hu)
Irish: samhnasach, adhascaideach
Maori: ngātoro, whakapairua, whakapairuaki, honuhonu
Portuguese: enjoado
Russian: ^{(please verify)} тошнотворный (ru) (tošnotvornyj), ^{(please verify)} испытывающий тошноту (ispytyvajuščij tošnotu)

easily troubled; squeamish

Czech: citlivý m, choulostivý m
Dutch: teergevoelig (nl)

Georgian: მგრძნობიარე (mgrʒnobiare), სუსტი (susṭi)
Irish: samhnasach
Russian: оби́дчивый (ru) (obídčivyj), чувстви́тельный (ru) (čuvstvítelʹnyj)

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