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qualmishness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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
Synonyms of qualmishness

nausea, nauseousness, queasiness, queerness, sickness, squeamishness
Words Related to qualmishness

qualm

airsickness, altitude sickness, car sickness, morning sickness, motion sickness, mountain sickness, seasickness

2 the tendency to be or state of being squeamish

  • I canʼt explain my qualmishness about spiders, but for some reason they really bother me
Synonyms of qualmishness

delicacy, queasiness, squeamishness
Words Related to qualmishness

daintiness, fastidiousness, finicalness, finickiness, fussiness
Near Antonyms of qualmishness

boldness, gutsiness
Antonyms of qualmishness

indelicacy

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