squammy feeling
- noun
:
sensación incómoda
- He couldn’t explain the squammy feeling that crept over him before the job interview.
Examples
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She had a squammy feeling as she entered the old, deserted house.
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I felt a squammy feeling after hearing the rumors about the upcoming changes.
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There was a sudden squammy feeling in the room after John’s awkward comment.
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I felt a squammy feeling after hearing the rumors.
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She often experiences squammy feelings when she tries new foods.
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He couldn’t explain the squammy feeling that crept over him before the job interview.
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She had a squammy feeling as she entered the old, deserted house.
Synonyms
119
3.2
A feeling of physical pain or mental unease
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4.4
A feeling of worry and not being relaxed
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5.3
An unpleasant feeling of fear or unease, like insects crawling on your skin
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5.8
A sick feeling in the stomach and a bit of worry
A small feeling of worry or unease
A nervous, uncomfortable feeling caused by something scary or strange
Antonyms
How Unpleasant
Surface Forms
Morphology
squammy + feeling
The adjective 'squammy' is not a recognized standard English word (likely a rare/neologistic or misspelt form), so a B1 learner who only knows the constituents could not reliably infer its meaning from form alone; 'feeling' is generic and gives no additional semantic clues. Because the key lexical element is opaque or unknown rather than transparently compositional or metaphorically predictable, the phrase's meaning cannot be derived from its parts.
Etymology
Squammy feeling may come from a word for scaly or slimy skin. The idea is that squammy suggests scaly or slimy skin and feeling is the touch, so imagine touching cold, wet scales and your skin crawls. That's why squammy feeling now means 'an unpleasant or uneasy sensation'.