qualm
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.
Origin of qualm
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How to use qualm in a sentence
Incidentally, Rousteing has no qualms with fast-fashion brands appropriating his designs either.
But there is something admirable about what it is doing, and about the fact that it has no qualms about it.
‘Red Band Society’ Is Really Freaking Sad (And May Be TV’s Best New Drama) | Kevin Fallon | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTQualms about violence versus sex aside, the book is a finely spun tale.
Our guide had no qualms about asking us to sleep closer, and, when we refused, he informed us he hated us.
Even those young evangelicals who still have qualms about gay marriage can find friends outside the wagon circling.
You may have similar qualms over rent and the rightness and wrongness of it.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockDid Mr. Gryce suffer from any qualms of conscience at having elicited so much and imparted so little?
The Circular Study | Anna Katharine GreenCommercial dealings took the most questionable forms: adulteration of products went on unchecked by any qualms of honesty.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden HibbertOnce or twice I felt qualms of pity for the old man, he was such an abject figure in the hands-of that terrible antagonist.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh | George W. FooteAnd, do you know, I don't think I have many qualms about this England of ours, however badly she behaves sometimes.
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British Dictionary definitions for qualm
/ (kwɑːm) /
a sudden feeling of sickness or nausea
a pang or sudden feeling of doubt, esp concerning moral conduct; scruple
a sudden sensation of misgiving or unease
Origin of qualm
1Derived forms of qualm
- qualmish, adjective
- qualmishly, adverb
- qualmishness, noun
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