All-overish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: All-overish is an adjective meaning (colloquial, dated) Vaguely uncomfortable; having a general feeling of illness or malaise.
Meaning
(colloquial, dated) Vaguely uncomfortable; having a general feeling of illness or malaise.
Example Sentences
The drink was beginning to tell on them; she felt quite unsteady and all-overish.
[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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include off-color, queasy, vagueish, mawkish, qualmish, bleh.
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