qualm
/kwษหm/IPA: /K W AA1 M/
noun
- 1
A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
- 2
A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
- 3
A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now often in negative constructions.)
โThis lawyer has no qualms about saving people who are on the wrong side of the law.โ
- 4
Mortality; plague; pestilence.
- 5
A calamity or disaster.
verb
- 1
To have a sickly feeling.
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