queasy

  • 21queasy — quea·sy || kwɪːzɪ adj. nauseating, sickening; nauseous, sickened; feeling regretful; finicky, picky, choosy; meticulous, strict …

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  • 22queasy — adjective (queasier, queasiest) 1》 nauseous.     ↘inducing nausea. 2》 slightly nervous or worried. Derivatives queasily adverb queasiness noun Origin ME queisy, coisy, of uncertain origin; perh. related to OFr. coisier to hurt …

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  • 23queasy — a. 1. Qualmish, sick (at the stomach), inclined to vomit, nauseated. 2. Fastidious, squeamish, difficult, over nice, delicate …

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  • 24queasy — adj 1. nauseous, nauseated, sick to one s stomach, sick, ill, indisposed; out of sorts, Sl. hung over, Inf. under the weather, qualmish, Inf. woozy, faint, dizzy. 2. nauseating, sickening, disgusting, revolting, repulsive, repellent, Sl. gross. 3 …

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  • 25queasy — quea·sy …

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  • 26queasy — [ˈkwiːzi] adj feeling that you are going to VOMIT (= get rid of food from your stomach through your mouth) …

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  • 27queasy — quea•sy [[t]ˈkwi zi[/t]] adj. si•er, si•est 1) pat inclined to or feeling nausea 2) pat causing nausea; nauseating 3) uneasy; uncomfortable 4) squeamish; fastidious • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME qweysy, coisi, of uncert. orig. quea′si•ly, adv.… …

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  • 28queasy — /ˈkwizi / (say kweezee) adjective (queasier, queasiest) 1. inclined to nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc. 2. tending to cause nausea, as articles of food. 3. uneasy or uncomfortable, as feelings, the conscience, etc. 4. squeamish; excessively …

  • 29queasy — adj. ( ier, iest) 1 a (of a person) feeling nausea. b (of a person s stomach) easily upset, weak of digestion. 2 (of the conscience etc.) overscrupulous, tender. Derivatives: queasily adv. queasiness n. Etymology: ME queysy, coisy perh. f. AF &… …

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  • 30queasily — queasy ► ADJECTIVE (queasier, queasiest) 1) feeling sick; nauseous. 2) slightly nervous or uneasy. DERIVATIVES queasily adverb queasiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps related to Old French coisier to hurt …

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