1a : causing nausea queasy motion. b : suffering from nausea : nauseated. 2 : full of doubt : hazardous.

Is queasy formal or informal?

informal), queer, unwell, giddy, nauseated, groggy (informal), off colour, bilious, indisposed, green around the gills (informal), sickish He was prone to sickness and already felt queasy. 2.

Where does the word queasy come from?

queasy (adj.)

Or perhaps from or influenced by Anglo-French queisier, from Old French coisier "to wound, hurt, make uneasy," which seems to be from the same Germanic root as kveisa.