braakneiging — meaning in English

English meaning

• qualm noun A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
• retch verb To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.

Senses

braakneiging is used for these senses in English:

• qualm A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. [from 16th c.]
• retch An unsuccessful effort to vomit.

qualm — full definition

1. noun A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
2. noun A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
3. noun A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.
4. noun Mortality; plague; pestilence.

retch — full definition

1. verb To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.
2. verb To vomit; to make or experience a successful effort to vomit.

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