qualmy

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adjective

queasy; nauseous

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Meanings

adjectivequalmy (comparative qualmier, superlative qualmiest)

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

Origin

From qualm + -y.

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APA

qualmy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qualmy

MLA

“qualmy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qualmy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “qualmy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/qualmy.

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