qualmish

[ kwah-mish, kwaw- ]

/ ˈkwɑ mɪʃ, ˈkwɔ- /

tending to have, or having, qualms.

nauseous; nauseated.

of the nature of a qualm.

likely to cause qualms.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1540–50; qualm + -ish¹

Related formsqualm·ish·ly, adverbqualm·ish·ness, noun

The gallant fellow's stomach, too, was qualmish and disturbed.
The House by the Church-Yard|J. Sheridan Le Fanu
All the landsmen sicker than sick, and our Viceroy, Stevenson, qualmish.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 (of 10)|John Gibson Lockhart.
Soft the divan on the sides, with spittoons for the qualmish and queesy.
The International Weekly Miscellany, Vol. 1, No. 7|Various
The time is gone by when men, or women either, were too qualmish and too queasy to admit the truth even to themselves.
Is He Popenjoy?|Anthony Trollope

I felt myself growing pale and qualmish, but grieved in silence and said nothing.
How Tell a Story and Others|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)