All-overish

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Vaguely uncomfortable; having a general feeling of illness or malaise. colloquial, dated

    "[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."

Example

More examples

"[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."

Etymology

From all over + -ish.

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