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all-overish

all-overish adjective: vaguely uncomfortable; having a general feeling of illness or malaise.

Adjective

all-overish (comparative more all-overish, superlative most all-overish)

  1. (colloquial, dated) Vaguely uncomfortable; having a general feeling of illness or malaise.
    • [H]e was uncommonly old and uncommonly ugly, and he had a pair of the most extraordinary eyes I ever saw, — they gave me a sort of all-overish feeling when I saw them glaring at me through the pigeon hole.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
    • The drink was beginning to tell on them; she felt quite unsteady and all-overish.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 694

Forms of all-overish

comparativemore all-overish
superlativemost all-overish

Origin of all-overish

From all over + -ish.

Words formed from all-overish

Questions about all-overish

What does all-overish mean?
All-overish means vaguely uncomfortable; having a general feeling of illness or malaise.
What part of speech is all-overish?
All-overish is an adjective.

Words near all-overish in the dictionary

  1. all-outer
  2. all-outers
  3. all-over
  4. all-over painting
  5. all-over paintings
  6. all-overish
  7. all-overishness
  8. all-overness
  9. all-overs
  10. all-party
  11. all-perfect

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