qualmish

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
24
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈkwɑːmɪʃ/ (UK)

Definition of qualmish

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Affected with qualms; queasy, nauseous.
    “I awoke rather qualmish, but, dressing and going upon deck, the sharp air recovered me.”
    “Then, how comparatively sweet was everything on board - no paint, no tar, no new rope, (vilest of smells to the qualmish!) no grease, or oil, or varnish; but instead of these, bamboo and rattan, and coir rope and palm thatch; pure vegetable fibres, which smell pleasantly if they smell at all, and recall quiet scenes in the green and shady forest.”
    “I had sought out a dark corner, since by now I did indeed feel rather qualmish inside my yellow skin.”

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Etymology

From qualm + -ish.

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