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Meanings of queasy in English

Causing or able to cause nausea.

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Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit.

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Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety.

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Usage of queasy in English
1
The radiation produced by the adjacent power core made Shaz feel queasy.
Logos Run
2
Overdo them, however, and they can leave you feeling bloated and queasy.
The Irish Times
3
The idea of hacking our way through that jungle made me queasy.
The Hyperion Cantos
4
It took me months before I could taste sugar without feeling queasy.
The well and the mine
5
He walked outside to study them, the sight making him feel queasy.
No way down: life and death on k2
6
The jokes still work and the queasy eroticism is no less inappropriate.
The Irish Times
7
She was full of fear and a new kind of queasy excitement.
Flesh and blood
8
But the little soldiers of metal are not so queasy of stomach.
The Red Axe
9
Best to do short sessions as you might get a little queasy.
The Guardian
10
At quarter past two they returned to the Jag, sober but queasy.
The Shining
11
I get a queasy feeling around him, like something's just not right.
Fortunate harbor
12
The quick thought of sex raised a queasy rush in my chest.
The Girls
13
She heard the door lock, and then exhaled a long, queasy sigh.
Complete Books of Blood
14
I tried to look suitably fascinated, but what I felt was queasy.
Broken Homes
15
It felt like dry rubber against his side, flexing in queasy movements.
The Neutronium Alchemist
16
She felt light-headed and queasy, as if she'd conjured up Joe somehow.
It Must Be Love
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Queasy across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common