# skeevies

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. (the skeevies) A feeling of nausea or fear

## Etymology
skeevy, from Italian schifo (“disgust, nausea”), Italian schifare (“to disgust, to loathe”), and Italian schifoso (“disgusting, loathsome”).

## Source
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