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quea·sy also quea·zy  audio  (kwz) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:
quea·si·er , also quea·zi·er quea·si·est , quea·zi·est
  1. Experiencing nausea; nauseated.
  2. Easily nauseated.
  3. Causing nausea; sickening: the queasy lurch of an airplane during a storm.
    1. Causing uneasiness.
    2. Uneasy; troubled.
    1. Easily troubled.
    2. Ill at ease; squeamish: "He is not queasy about depicting mass violence, in some circumstances, as a legitimate instrument of social transformation" (Shaul Bakhash).
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English coisy, perhaps of Scandinavian origin

OTHER FORMS:
queasi·ly (Adverb), queasi·ness (Noun)


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