qualm
noun
an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction.
Example Sentences
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Your cough, lassitude, and qualmishness have altogether left you.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 274, September 22, 1827 by Various
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
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
On first awaking, the female feels as well as usual, but on rising from her bed qualmishness begins and perhaps while in the act of dressing retching and vomiting takes place.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
Disagreeable feeling in occiput, running down over the neck, followed by a slight qualmishness.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
