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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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Making contact with unsafe water can result in nausea and vomiting, respiratory symptoms, eye irritation and earaches.
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Patients also reported subjective improvements in nausea, fatigue, appetite and depression.
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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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Vernaccia di San Gimignano, the region's only white DOCG, has now mostly shaken its reputation for blandness and its best growers are making fresh, saline expressions with shimmering delicacy.
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Made with Alaskan king crab and gentle spices, this creamy delicacy finds a great companion in the Yquem.
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“Qualmishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualmishness. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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