queasy

/ˈkwizi/

/ˈkwizi/

Other forms: queasiest; queasier

Queasy describes a feeling of nervousness, uneasiness, or anxiety. If you're queasy about making a speech in front of the entire high school, you have a feeling that it won't go well.

Queasy can also mean feeling sick to your stomach. If you eat a sandwich made of turkey that expired two months ago, you'll likely feel queasy and throw up. If you feel queasy during a flight, both meanings of the word can apply: you may be queasy — as in anxious — because you're afraid of flying. And you may also be queasy — as in sick to your stomach — as a result of the air turbulence.

Definitions of queasy

1. adjective

   causing or able to cause nausea
   synonyms: loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, sickening, vile

   unwholesome

   detrimental to physical or moral well-being
2. adjective

   feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
   synonyms: nauseated, nauseous, sick, sickish

   ill, sick

   affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
3. adjective

   causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
   synonyms: anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet

   troubled

   characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need