Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

queasy

/ˈkwiː.zi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: queasy
IPA: /ˈkwiː.zi/

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

adj

Easily troubled; squeamish.

Example Sentences

"She was in the middle of a gigantic breakfast of coffee and piles of toast, eggs and bacon and a tall glass of milk. It made him queasy to see all that food."

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: coysy, kveisa, -, coisier

Inflected Forms

queasier (comparative) queasiest (superlative) queazy (alternative) queezy (alternative) queesy (alternative)

Derived Forms

queasily queasiness queazen

Frequently Paired Words

nauseous nauseated

Synonyms

nauseated anxious nervous uneasy unquiet nauseous sick sickish

Rhymes With

easy cheesy uneasy breezy sleazy marchese sweezy veasey fabrizi veazey veazie greasy

Questions

How do you pronounce queasy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkwiː.zi/.
What does queasy mean?: Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
Where does queasy come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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