Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qualmy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: qualmy
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

queasy; nauseous

Example Sentences

"Weary, listening to the whistling and the shuffling of feet, felt a queer, qualmy feeling in the region of his diaphragm, and he yielded to a hunger for consolation and company in his misery."

Etymology

From qualm + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: qualm

Inflected Forms

qualmier (comparative) qualmiest (superlative)

Questions

What does qualmy mean?: queasy; nauseous
Where does qualmy come from?: From qualm + -y.

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