Vocabulary Memory: Qualm; Noun

Qualm

kwäm,kwälm/

 

noun

noun: qualm; plural noun: qualms

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"

   synonyms:

   misgivings, doubts, reservations, second thoughts, worries, concerns, anxiety; More hesitation, hesitance, hesitancy, demur, reluctance, disinclination, apprehension, trepidation, unease; scruples, remorse, compunction "I have no qualms about overseas travel"

   • a momentary faint or sick feeling.

Origin

early 16th century (in the sense ‘momentary sick feeling’): perhaps related to Old English cw(e)alm ‘pain,’ of Germanic origin.

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