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Definition of "queasiness" []

  • The state of being queasy; nausea (noun)
  • Psychological discomfort at the prospect of having to deal with a particular issue (noun)

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Use "queasiness" in a sentence
  • "Are you seeing any sort of use the word queasiness amongst your retail partners when you look at the futures orders being so strong?"
  • "It seems that the source of Herman's queasiness is rooted in concerns about the property market in Southern Europe, many having holiday homes in the Med; growing commentary on the decline of Southern Europe's economies; a growing crescendo of remarks from Southern Eurpean politicians that are perceived as threatening the independence of the European Central Bank, a sine qua non for Germans to give up the Deutschmark; and a sudden ramping up of German inflation to an official 8.1% (which, if our own experience is anything to go by significantly underplays the reality)."
  • "I wondered whether my queasiness was a result of bad food, the haze being pumped into the crowd, the thought that we had been explicitly dusted during the course of the show just like we had been secretly sprayed during the whole weekend, the interesting coincidences between my writings and the topics discussed in the songs I was hearing, or that it really felt like we were all animals being led to the slaughter."