QUALMISHNESS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

qualmishness

noun

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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Noun

The usual bleary nausea of such early rises is absent, shooed away by sobriety, exercises, and fruits and vegetables.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
People infected with salmonella can experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, the CDC said.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of nausea

Noun

Some critics’ squeamishness seems aimed at the act of invention itself, the florid dreaming in the face of reality.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Eight out of 10 survived the war, thanks in part to the relative squeamishness of Hungary’s homegrown Fascist leaders.

— Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026

Definition of squeamishness

Noun

Even the pancreas of a character’s unseen wife, the sickness in which AIG promises to double back and cure if only everyone keeps hurtling forward.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
From sickness and ennui came the writing of an algorithm that would solve the underlying mathematics of the bomb.

— Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of sickness

Noun

After working up a serious appetite, the men tucked into a local delicacy, poutine, as well as the main dish, something called sushi pizza.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
There was a lightness and delicacy to Giada‘s spring collection, which was inspired by jasmine, and Cosimo de’ Medici’s love of the Renaissance bloom.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

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