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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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
Just the thought of it makes folks feel queasy.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The draconian tariffs were announced, amended, partially withdrawn, reimposed, etc., etc., until investors got queasy on the merry-go-round.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2026
The show, with its interest in corporate buffoonery, doesn’t quite manage to hand-wave away the queasy implications.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for queasy
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“Queasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/queasy. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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