as in sick
affected with nausea
some passengers felt a little qualmish after the bumpy landing on the airstrip
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Adjective
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Not every mosquito carries West Nile virus, and not everyone who contracts the virus will get sick.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
28 July 2025 -
Cena took the opportunity to chug water to avoid getting sick.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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Persons who are morally squeamish should not attempt it.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Rodgers, 41, had not expressed a sense of certainty (via his agent) about his plans, which made Schneider squeamish.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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There’s a queasy familiarity to the details of this horror.—
Celia Bell
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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A certain sort of British memoir takes education as its queasy, pivotal center.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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“Qualmish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualmish. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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