queasy
Adjective Satellite
- causing or able to cause nausea
- feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
- causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Adj
- Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
- Easily troubled; squeamish.
Adjective
- Feeling nauseated or easily disturbed; slightly uneasy.
Examples
- The rival’s perfect bingo made him feel QUEASY about his chances of winning Words With Friends.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
anxious, loathsome, nauseated, nauseating, nauseous, nervous, noisome, offensive, sick, sickening, sickish, uneasy, unquiet, vile
Scrabble Score: 18
queasy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordqueasy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
queasy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary