adjective · rare

queasy

queasy · queasier · queasiest

хворий

чувствительный, обидчивый

schlecht, übel, empfindlich

Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomachExperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.

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/ˈkwiː.zi/

» I felt a bit queasy.

Мене трохи нудило.

Meaning

2 senses

Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
übel, schlecht
causing or able to cause nausea
Easily troubled; squeamish.
empfindlich
оби́дчивыйobídčivyj, чувстви́тельныйčuvstvítelʹnyj

Examples

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I felt a bit queasy.
Мене трохи нудило.
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It made me queasy just thinking about it.
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Tom had a queasy feeling in the pit of his stomach.
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Tom looked a bit queasy.
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Tom looks a bit queasy.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

easily troubled; squeamish:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness:

easily troubled; squeamish:

Origin

From Middle English coysy, possibly from Old Norse kveisa (“boil”) ( > Norwegian kveise/kv

From Middle English coysy, possibly from Old Norse kveisa (“boil”) ( > Norwegian kveise/kvise), perhaps influenced by Anglo-Norman queisier, from Old French coisier (“to wound, hurt, make uneasy”).

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