Synonyms for queasy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kwee-zee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwi zi

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Définition of queasy

Origin :
  • mid-15c., kyse, coysy, of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse kveisa "boil," perhaps influenced by Anglo-French queisier, from Old French coisier "to wound, hurt, make uneasy," which seems to be from the same Germanic root as kveisa. But the history is obscure and evidences of development are wanting. Related: Queasily; queasiness.
  • adj not feeling well; not comfortable
Example sentences :
  • Something indefinable, a queasy feeling, took Beardsley about the middle.
  • Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse
  • But midway the eighteenth century they were not so queasy–stomached.
  • Extract from : « Tobias Smollett » by Oliphant Smeaton
  • She turned ashen about the mouth, and a queasy feeling sickened her.
  • Extract from : « What Will People Say? » by Rupert Hughes
  • It was like pressing upon a queasy invalid the sweets which had made him sick.
  • Extract from : « Rest Harrow » by Maurice Hewlett
  • Sir John waited at his hotel for Queasy, who had promised to call to let him know when the ladies f would go to Tunbridge.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • With a return of that queasy feeling he had known in the tower, Travis knew Manulito was speaking sense.
  • Extract from : « The Defiant Agents » by Andre Alice Norton
  • I had a queasy sense that I wore my last dry clothes upon my body.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Alone with her, and in the all-concealing dusk, his queasy pride was not obliged to take up arms.
  • Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner
  • Many a man thus begins the great voyage with queasy sensibilities, and ends it a cannibal.
  • Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) » by John Morley
  • The first step through into the other world was a queasy one, but it turned out to be much the same as any other step.
  • Extract from : « Cat and Mouse » by Ralph Williams

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