- 1feeling sick; wanting to vomit synonym nauseous traveling by boat makes me queasy. His stomach still felt queasy and he was grateful for the fresh air.
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- 2slightly nervous or worried about something Now she'd arrived she felt queasy inside.
NAmE//ˈkwizəli//
adverb NAmE//ˈkwizinəs//
noun [uncountable] She felt a slight queasiness in the mornings during the first months of pregnancy.See queasy in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: queasy