About The Word Qualm
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Qualm
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What's The Definition Of Qualm?
[n] uneasiness about the fitness of an action
[n] a mild state of nausea Synonyms | Synonyms for Qualm: misgiving | queasiness | scruple | squeamishness Related Terms | Find terms related to Qualm: See Also | anxiety | nausea | sickness Qualm In Webster's Dictionary \Qualm\, n. [AS. cwealm death, slaughter, pestilence, akin
to OS. & OHG. qualm. See {Quail} to cower.]
1. Sickness; disease; pestilence; death. [Obs.]
thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [dead].
--Chaucer.
2. A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony.
`` Qualms of heartsick agony.'' --Milton.
3. Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked On holy
garbage, though by Homer cooked? --Roscommon.
4. A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of
conscience; compunction. --Dryden.
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