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Definition of "qualmish" [qualm•ish]

  • Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "qualmish" in a sentence
  • ""qualmish" for a few hours, but that (they fancy) will but highten the general enjoyment of the voyage."
  • "Dim as it was, it seemed to shift, wavering in a disturbingly qualmish fashion, and he shut his eyes, concentrating grimly on what he might do to Richard Brown, and he got the man alone someday."
  • "I would have set out for London immediately after receiving this piece of intelligence, but my dear angel has been qualmish of late, and begins to grow remarkably round in the waist; so that I cannot leave her in such an interesting situation, which I hope will produce something to crown my felicity."