grow+qualmish

  • 1nauseate — I. v. n. Feel nausea, feel disgust, grow qualmish. II. v. a. 1. Sicken, disgust, revolt, make sick, turn one s stomach, make one s gorge rise. 2. Loathe, abhor, detest, abominate, feel nausea or disgust at, shrink from, recoil from, reject with… …

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  • 2Squeamish — Squeam ish (skw[=e]m [i^]sh), a. [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. sveimr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a giddiness …

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  • 3Squeamishly — Squeamish Squeam ish (skw[=e]m [i^]sh), a. [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. sveimr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a… …

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  • 4Squeamishness — Squeamish Squeam ish (skw[=e]m [i^]sh), a. [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. sveimr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a… …

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