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qualm
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What does qualm mean?
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| qualm - uneasiness about the fitness of an action | ||
| scruple, misgiving | ||
| anxiety a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune | ||
| qualm - a mild state of nausea | ||
| queasiness, squeamishness | ||
| nausea, sickness disgust so strong it makes you feel sick | ||
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Wiktionary 
- qualm (Noun)
Mortality; plague; pestilence. - qualm (Noun)
A calamity or disaster. - qualm (Noun)
A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. - qualm (Noun)
A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. - qualm (Noun)
A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. Now chiefly in negative constructions.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- qualm (n.)
Sickness; disease; pestilence; death. - qualm (n.)
A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony. - qualm (n.)
Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea. - qualm (n.)
A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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qualm
kwäm, n. a sudden attack of illness: a sensation of nausea: a scruple, as of conscience.—adj. Qualm′ish, affected with qualm, or a disposition to vomit, or with slight sickness: uneasy.—adv. Qualm′ishly.—n. Qualm′ishness. [A.S. cwealm, death; Ger. qualm, nausea; Sw. qvalm, a suffocating heat.]
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🔤- qualm, noun, singular of qualms.
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