qualmish

  • 1Qualmish — Qualm ish, a. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit. Shak. [1913 Webster] {Qualm ish*ly}, adv. {Qualm ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2qualmish — index diffident, disinclined, hesitant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3qualmish — [kwäm′ish] adj. 1. having or producing qualms 2. having the nature of a qualm qualmishly adv …

    English World dictionary

  • 4qualmish — adjective Date: 1548 1. a. feeling qualms ; nauseated b. overly scrupulous ; squeamish 2. of, relating to, or producing qualms • qualmishly adverb • qualmishness noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 5qualmish — qualmishly, adv. qualmishness, n. /kwah mish, kwaw /, adj. 1. tending to have, or having, qualms. 2. nauseous; nauseated. 3. of the nature of a qualm. 4. likely to cause qualms. [1540 50; QUALM + ISH1] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 6qualmish — adjective Affected with qualms …

    Wiktionary

  • 7qualmish — Synonyms and related words: airsick, all overish, anxious, apprehensive, barfy, bashful, boggling, carsick, demurring, diffident, faltering, hesitant, hesitating, misgiving, modest, nauseated, nauseous, pukish, puky, qualmy, queasy, queer,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8qualmish — qualm·ish || kwɑːmɪʃ adj. feeling pangs of conscience; pertaining to pangs of conscience; feeling nauseous …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 9qualmish — a. Sick (at the stomach), inclined to vomit, queasy, nauseated …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 10qualmish — qualm·ish …

    English syllables