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qualmy

qualmy adjective: queasy; nauseous.

Adjective

qualmy (comparative qualmier, superlative qualmiest)

  1. queasy; nauseous
    • Weary, listening to the whistling and the shuffling of feet, felt a queer, qualmy feeling in the region of his diaphragm, and he yielded to a hunger for consolation and company in his misery.1904, B. M. Bower, The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories

Forms of qualmy

comparativequalmier
superlativequalmiest

Origin of qualmy

From qualm + -y.

Questions about qualmy

What does qualmy mean?
Qualmy means queasy; nauseous.
What part of speech is qualmy?
Qualmy is an adjective.

Words near qualmy in the dictionary

  1. qualmishness
  2. qualmless
  3. qualmlessly
  4. qualmlessness
  5. qualms
  6. qualmy
  7. qualophile
  8. qualophiles
  9. qualophobe
  10. qualophobes
  11. quals

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