adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈkwiː.zi/
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rhymes with -iːzi
CMU ARPABET:K W IY1 Z IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nauseated
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Easily troubled; squeamish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
cast anxious glances behind her
those nervous moments before takeoff
an unquiet mind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anxious, nervous, uneasy, unquiet
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nauseated, nauseous, sick, sickish
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
causing or able to cause nausea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a nauseating smell
nauseous offal
a sickening stench
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile
Antonyms: none provided
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
предизвикващ гадене
(predizvikvašt gadene)
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Czech:
působící nevolnost
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Czech:
zvedající žaludek
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Czech:
mající žaludeční nevolnost
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Dutch:
misselijk
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Dutch:
walgelijk
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Finnish:
pahoinvoiva
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Finnish:
huonovointinen
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
French:
nauséeux
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Georgian:
გულისამრევი
(gulisamrevi)
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
German:
übel
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
German:
schlecht
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Hungarian:
émelygő
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Irish:
samhnasach
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Irish:
adhascaideach
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Māori:
ngātoro
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Māori:
whakapairua
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Māori:
whakapairuaki
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Māori:
honuhonu
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Portuguese:
enjoado
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Spanish:
nauseabundo
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
Spanish:
nauseoso
— experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
