qualmish
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈkwɑːlmɪʃ/
- He felt qualmish at the sight of blood during the biology lesson.
Examples
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The movie was so graphic that even the least qualmish viewers looked away.
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Some people are too qualmish to handle stories about medical emergencies.
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I felt qualmish after eating that questionable sushi.
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She became qualmish at the sight of the blood.
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After eating too many spicy tacos, I felt qualmish and needed to lie down.
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The sight of the rotten food made me qualmish and I lost my appetite.
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He became qualmish when he saw the dirty dishes piled up in the sink.
Synonyms
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2.0
Feeling very upset and showing strong dislike for something dirty or rude
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6.7
Easily made to feel disgusted by seeing, smelling, or thinking about unpleasant things
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4.1
Feeling sick and likely to throw up
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1.0
Feeling like you might throw up
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4.5
Feeling sick and likely to vomit
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6.7
Slightly ill in the stomach and likely to throw up
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8.9
Feeling like you will throw up or making someone feel like that
Antonyms
How Queasy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Qualmish comes from the simple noun qualm, which once meant a sudden bad feeling in the stomach and was linked long ago to an old word for 'sudden illness' or 'death'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a quick wave in your stomach that makes you feel 'sick' or disgusted, which is why qualmish describes feeling faint or easily upset by unpleasant sights.