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qualmy

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Adjective
  • Who would not raise a glass to the memory of so vexed a merrymaker, under whose spell the city is transformed into an exotic pastoral?
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But best of all here is the vexed mother/daughter relationship, which can echo Lizzy’s terms with her own mother.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • But that doesn’t mean viewers won’t be increasingly exasperated by the ways the screenplay forces Knightley’s character into a clumsy, fretful investigation.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Investors are fretful heading into the August payrolls report.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Qualmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualmy. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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