queasy
- Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
- Easily troubled; squeamish.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkwiː.zi/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
nervous
be nauseated
surge of anger
thin skinned
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