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- Dictionaryqualm/kwɑːm/
noun
- 1. an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one's own conduct; a misgiving: "military regimes generally have no qualms about controlling the press" Similar Opposite
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QUALM definition: 1. an uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing: 2. an uncomfortable…. Learn more.
The meaning of QUALM is a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety. How to use qualm in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Qualm.
QUALM meaning: 1. an uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing: 2. an uncomfortable…. Learn more.
qualm (about something) a feeling of doubt or worry about whether what you are doing is right synonym misgiving. He had been working very hard so he had no qualms about taking a few days off. They broke the law without a qualm.
QUALM meaning: a worry or doubt about something: . Learn more.
noun. an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying. a sudden feeling of apprehensive uneasiness; misgiving: a sudden qualm about the success of the venture. a sudden sensation or onset of faintness or illness, especially of nausea. qualm.
1. a sudden feeling of sickness or nausea. 2. a pang or sudden feeling of doubt, esp concerning moral conduct; scruple. 3. a sudden sensation of misgiving or unease. [Old English cwealm death or plague; related to Old High German qualm despair, Dutch kwalm smoke, stench] ˈqualmish, ˈqualmy adj. ˈqualmishly adv. ˈqualmishness n.
A qualm is a feeling of uneasiness, or a sense that something you're doing is wrong, and it sounds almost like how it makes your stomach feel. If you had qualms about taking candy from the bulk bins at the store, your conscience probably told you to go back to the cashier and pay.
Qualm definition: An uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action.
1. an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction. He has no qualms about lying. 2. a sudden feeling of apprehensive uneasiness; misgiving. a sudden qualm about the success of the venture. 3. a sudden sensation or onset of faintness or illness, esp. of nausea.
