Qualm

Quick meaning: Qualm is a noun meaning A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

Meaning

A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

More Meanings

1. A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
2. (now chiefly in the negative) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.
3. (intransitive) To have a sickly feeling.
4. (archaic, UK, dialectal) Mortality; plague; pestilence.
5. (archaic, UK, dialectal) A calamity or disaster.

Example Sentences

This lawyer has no qualms about saving people who are on the wrong side of the law.

"Do you have any particular qualms about leaving Pencey?" / "Oh, I have a few qualms, all right. Sure … but not too many. Not yet, anyway.[…]"

Jem’s face showed brief indecision on the ethics of withholding his own dime, but his innate courtesy won and he shifted his dime to his pocket. I did likewise with no qualms.

Opponents of those privatization plans hoped to use Mr. [Neil] Armstrong's qualms as ammunition to block the White House initiatives, and they asked for more public statements.

Word Forms

• qualms
• qualming
• qualmed

Synonyms for qualm

Depending on context, synonyms include compunction, misgiving, scruple, unease, uneasiness, apprehension.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include squeamishness, queasiness, misgiving, scruple, quailing, sweam.

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