as in sick
affected with nausea
some passengers felt a little qualmish after the bumpy landing on the airstrip
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Adjective
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Without the vaccine, these 22 million Americans could get sick, hospitalized and even die.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025 -
Given this, and her upcoming flight, Farrington naturally wanted to avoid getting sick.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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The resulting scene of torture is, for my money, way worse than most anything we're exposed to in the games—and these are games that are not exactly squeamish about showing scenes of torture and extreme violence!—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 May 2025
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His Crimes of the Future, a distinctly anatomical vision of the world to (hopefully not) come, was just a little too gross for some of the more squeamish attendees of the Cannes Film Festival.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Under federal securities laws, companies that make material misstatements or omissions in a stock prospectus or other financial representations can be found liable even without evidence of ill intent or bad faith.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025
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Friendly females that lived in larger groups had more offspring but also tended to become ill more often.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 May 2025
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“Qualmish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualmish. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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