variants
or less commonly queazy
queasier; queasiest
1
a
: causing nausea
queasy motion
b
: suffering from nausea : nauseated
2
: full of doubt : hazardous
Examples of queasy in a Sentence
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.
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And, in the aftermath of a stomach-churning stick-up that twisted my guts with the queasy horror of a repressed memory, Gary is given a week to make the problem go away.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
But, at a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street on Tuesday morning, Starmer refused to step down, leaving British politics in that queasy, all-too-familiar zone in which no one knows what is happening and none of the possible futures looks particularly appetizing.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Just the thought of it makes folks feel queasy.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Employers grew queasy about staffing as the overall economy cooled due to everything from the Trump administration’s trade policies to stubbornly high inflation and interest rates, to cost-cutting moves tied to artificial intelligence, to shaky consumer confidence.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
But, at a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street on Tuesday morning, Starmer refused to step down, leaving British politics in that queasy, all-too-familiar zone in which no one knows what is happening and none of the possible futures looks particularly appetizing.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Just the thought of it makes folks feel queasy.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Employers grew queasy about staffing as the overall economy cooled due to everything from the Trump administration’s trade policies to stubbornly high inflation and interest rates, to cost-cutting moves tied to artificial intelligence, to shaky consumer confidence.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Queasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/queasy. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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