-mish, -mēsh adjective
1.
a. : having or tending to have qualms especially of nausea : nauseated
my dear angel has been qualmish of late — Tobias Smollett
b. : affected by scruples or compunction : squeamish
qualmish … he refused to kill a spider — John Hersey
2. : of, relating to, or likely to produce qualms
a qualmish … feeling in his stomach — Gladys Schmitt
the qualmish nightmare — J.G.Cozzens
• qualm·ish·ly adverb
• qualm·ish·ness noun -es