qualmish
Example Sentences
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Flattery is the destruction of all good fellowship; it is like a qualmish liqueur in the midst of a bottle of wine.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
In the sense of nervous weakness, or, perhaps more correctly, nervine weakness, the word should probably be nervish, analogous to qualmish, squeamish, aguish, feverish, &c.
I am not qualmish," answered Venier languidly, "yet it sickens me to think of the life Jacopo means to lead.
From Marietta A Maid of Venice by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
On getting up felt qualmish and took a little coffee, but was soon forced to part with it.
From A Journey to America in 1834 by Heywood, Robert
So when Peter Basset, still pale and qualmish, came on deck in the early morning, a little below the Pool, the first person he saw was the girl whom he had come to escort.
From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John
