skeevies
English
Etymology
skeevy, from Italian schifo (“disgust, nausea”), Italian schifare (“to disgust, to loathe”), and Italian schifoso (“disgusting, loathsome”).
Noun
skeevies (uncountable)
- (informal, rare) (the skeevies) A feeling of nausea or fear
- The sensation gave Garfield the skeevies. Garfield the movie (book)
- He definitely gave me “the skeevies.” Peter Jackson releases his adaptation of 'The Lovely Bones, Corsair Feb 1, 2010