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as in nausea
a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting
her qualmishness subsided after she had sipped a little ginger ale
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as in squeamishness
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
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Other reported side effects include nausea, bloating, and burping.
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The Centers for Disease Control says the most common symptoms are frequent watery diarrhea, loss of appetite, bloating, nausea and fatigue.
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Some critics’ squeamishness seems aimed at the act of invention itself, the florid dreaming in the face of reality.
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Eight out of 10 survived the war, thanks in part to the relative squeamishness of Hungary’s homegrown Fascist leaders.
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Some, Mute said, suggested that the spreading sickness was tuberculosis, AIDS or even mercury poisoning — from the chemical that miners use to extract gold from ore.
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Around the same time, Martinez said, fire rescue received a few medical calls from fans experiencing heat sickness at the event.
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There’s a queasiness to her self-loathing that feels especially potent to the teenage experience.
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So if the tech queasiness becomes a tech sell-off, the rest of the stock market will need to do the heavy lifting.
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The small village is world-renowned for its excellent oysters, a delicacy that has been harvested here since Roman times.
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People had their first taste of delicacies like soda water, Heinz ketchup, popcorn and bananas.
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“Qualmishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualmishness. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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