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Qualm
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Qualm
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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
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Qualm
see synonyms of qualm noun
1.
a sudden, brief feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea
2.
a sudden feeling of uneasiness or doubt; misgiving
3.
a twinge of conscience; scruple
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Qualm
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1. An uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action: "an ignorant ruffianly gaucho, who ... would ... fight, steal, and do other naughty things without a qualm" (W.H. Hudson).
2. A sudden disturbing feeling: "I heard with a qualm of terror the faint, remorseless sound of a telephone ringing somewhere down in the depths of the house" (John Banville).
3. A sudden feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea.
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