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- DictionaryQualm/kwä(l)m/
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"
noun [ C usually pl ] us / kwɑm, kwɔm / Add to word list. an uncomfortable feeling of doubt about whether you are doing the right thing: Unfortunately, he said, there are people who have no qualms about bringing in replacement workers for strikers. (Definition of qualm from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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.
3 days ago · noun. 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.
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 | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary. Definition of qualm – Learner’s Dictionary. qualm. noun [ C ] uk/kwɑːm/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. a worry or doubt about something: I would have no qualms about reporting her to the police. (Definition of qualm from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English qualm /kwɑːm $ kwɑːm, kwɑːlm/ noun [ countable usually plural] a feeling of slight worry or doubt because you are not sure that what you are doing is right Despite my qualms, I took the job. The manager has no qualms about dropping players who do not perform well.
