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qualmish

[ kwah-mish, kwaw- ]

/ ˈkwɑ mɪʃ, ˈkwɔ- /

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adjective

tending to have, or having, qualms.

nauseous; nauseated.

of the nature of a qualm.

likely to cause qualms.

RELATED WORDS

restless, sickly, groggy, anxious, squeamish, uncomfortable, uneasy, fidgety, queasy, dizzy, fastidious, fussy, reeling, ill, faint, green, sick, disordered, indisposed, down

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Origin of qualmish

First recorded in 1540–50; qualm + -ish¹

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for qualmish

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)