单词 | qualmish |
释义 | qualmishadj. 1. Affected, or liable to be affected, with a qualm or qualms; (now esp.) affected with nausea, queasy. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > affected by nausea > of person squeamishc1450 qualmish1548 wamble-cropped1552 wamble-stomached1552 qualming1576 queasy1579 queasy-stomached1579 kecklish1601 keckish1603 nauseous1613 nauseative1620 sick1631 sick at (or to, in) the stomach1653 vomiturient1666 sick as a horse1705 qualmyish1831 squeamy1838 qualmy1846 queachy1859 squalmish1867 wambly1872 ill1928 naar1969 sick as a parrot1979 the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > affected with fit of sickening fear qualmish1860 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke Pref. 3 Our soule is qualmishe ouer this meate. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V v. i. 20 I am qualmish at the smell of Leeke. 1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iv. i. 39 Qualmish and loathing all you had before: Yet with a sickly appetite to more. 1724 N. Brady Sin Display'd in its Nat. Deformity 5 Let the intemperate Drunkard consider..his qualmish Stomach and his distemper'd Brain. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lxix. 366 My dear angel has been qualmish of late. 1788 M. C. Dewees Jrnl. Philadelphia to Lexington 12 The boat tossing about a good deal occasioned one to feel a little quamish. 1816 W. Scott Let. 25 Dec. (1933) IV. 327 The..dog arrived..a little lean & qualmish however after his sea voyage. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. viii. 521 Elizabeth was not desirous of peace..she was qualmish at the very suggestion. 1873 Harper's Mag. Mar. 490/1 It was awful—it made one feel qualmish—to see his poor shipmates killed like rats in a trap. 1940 C. Stead Man who loved Children x. 504 Sam felt qualmish, with a slight fever this morning, and lay late in bed. 1966 A. R. Scammell My Newfoundland 96 I laughed a shrill derisive laugh when Uncle John asked me if I felt qualmish. 2002 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 12 Jan. 11 The early lapse and revival setting..might not have been good for those who easily become qualmish, but [etc.]. 2. Of a symptom, feeling, etc.: of the nature of a qualm; characterized by qualms of nausea. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > affected by nausea qualmy1562 queasy1589 squeamish1660 vomiturient1666 qualmish1675 squeamy1838 1675 J. Howe Living Temple i. v. 184 You have those qualmish fits, which bewray the impression..that you will not confess, and yet cannot utterly deface. 1710 E. Ward Nuptial Dialogues & Deb. II. v. 92 Breeding Women, who complain Of qualmish Sickness, and of Pain. 1798 Sporting Mag. 12 195 I began to feel some very qualmish symptoms. 1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl II. iii. 53 It is pleasant to behold how use in the wars corrects a qualmish appetite, and contents one with his accommodation. 1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes 217 Our qualmish sickness drown In Caecuban divine! 1905 A. D. White Autobiogr. I. iv. xxi. 344 There was indeed reason for qualmish feelings. 1977 C. Beresford-Howe Population One i. 3 The man beside me opens his eyes and gives a mini-groan, and I wonder if he shares my qualmish memory of being five and carsick. 1989 W. Deverell Mindfield 161 He felt a qualmish feeling at his center, felt his anal muscles clenching. It was coming on. 3. Of a thing: apt to induce qualms. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > affected by nausea > causing nausea loathsome1398 squeamisha1571 nauseous1618 nauseating1645 sickish1727 qualmish1827 stomach-churning1899 gut-wrenching1972 yuck-making1972 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 23 It is like a qualmish liqueur in the midst of a bottle of wine. 2000 Village Voice (N.Y.) (Nexis) 18 July 50 The qualmish pictures that movie puts in your head..can steal your sleep. Derivatives ˈqualmishly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adverb] > in a manner affected with sickening fear qualmishly1715 1715 C. Johnson Country Lasses v. i. 56 Egad, I wish 'twas over, I don't like it; it sits but qualmishly upon my Stomach. 1845 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 32 Thinking about it keenly and qualmishly. 1960 Nevada State Jrnl. 24 Dec. 8/3 The sort of cover one suspects might be used by a pharmaceutical house in sending delicate information to the qualmishly curious. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1548 |
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