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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(colloquial, dated) Vaguely uncomfortable; having a general feeling of illness or malaise..
[H]e was uncommonly old and uncommonly ugly, and he had a pair of the most extraordinary eyes I ever saw, — they gave me a sort of all-overish feeling when I saw them glaring at me through the pigeon hole.
The drink was beginning to tell on them; she felt quite unsteady and all-overish.
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All-overish means (colloquial, dated) Vaguely uncomfortable; having a general feeling of illness or malaise..
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[H]e was uncommonly old and uncommonly ugly, and he had a pair of the most extraordinary eyes I ever saw, — they gave me a sort of all-overish feeling when I saw them glaring at me through the pigeon hole.
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