qualmishness


qualmishness

noun

Definition of QUALMISHNESS

1
a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting <her qualmishness subsided after she had sipped a little ginger ale>
2
the tendency to be or state of being squeamish <I can't explain my qualmishness about spiders, but for some reason they really bother me>
Near Antonyms boldness, gutsiness
Antonyms indelicacy

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