qualm
noun
an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction.
Example Sentences
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Dr. Burdick became more interested, repeated the experiment with other provers, obtained almost uniform results, viz., a feeling varying from qualmishness to intense vomiting.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
No faint-heartedness or sentimental qualmishness marked any of his official acts.
From The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 by Joel Tyler Headley
The same feeling of qualmishness shot over us, and we all pressed our hands to our heads.
From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Gordon Stables
The indications as far as I have observed them in cases of pregnancy are a feeling of qualmishness with indifference to food.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
The man looked like a patchwork of qualmishness, tribulation, and unctuous piety, and his coat collar was badly frayed.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
