qualm (redirected from qualms)

qualm  (kwäm, kwôm)

n.

1. A sudden feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea.

2. A sudden disturbing feeling: qualms of homesickness.

3. An uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action.

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qualmish adj.

qualmish·ly adv.

Synonyms: qualm, scruple, compunction, misgiving
These nouns denote a feeling of uncertainty about the fitness or correctness of an action. Qualm is a disturbing feeling of uneasiness and self-doubt: "an ignorant ruffianly gaucho, who . . . would . . . fight, steal, and do other naughty things without a qualm" (W.H. Hudson).
Scruple is an uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle about a course of action: "My father's old-fashioned notions boggled a little at first to this arrangement . . . but his scruples were in the end overruled" (John Galt).
Compunction implies a prick or twinge of conscience aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing: stole the money without compunction.
Misgiving suggests often sudden apprehension: had misgivings about quitting his job.

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qualm [kwahm]

Noun

1. a pang of conscience; scruple

2. a sudden sensation of misgiving

3. a sudden feeling of sickness or nausea [Old English cwealm death or plague]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	qualm - uneasiness about the fitness of an action misgiving, scruple anxiety - a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
	2.	qualm - a mild state of nausea queasiness, squeamishness nausea, sickness - the state that precedes vomiting

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qualm

noun misgiving, doubt, uneasiness, regret, anxiety, uncertainty, reluctance, hesitation, remorse, apprehension, disquiet, scruple, compunction, twinge or pang of conscience

Translations

qualm [kwɑːm] n → escrúpulo;

to have qualms about sth → sentir escrúpulos por algo

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qualm [kwɑːm] n → doute m; scrupule m;

to have qualms about sth → avoir des doutes sur qch; éprouver des scrupules à propos de qch

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qualm [kwɑːm] n → Bedenken pl;

to have qualms about sth → Bedenken wegen etw haben

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qualm [kwɑːm] n → dubbio; scrupolo;

to have qualms about sth → avere degli scrupoli per qc

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qualm

n qualm [kwaːm]

a feeling of uncertainty about whether one is doing right She had no qualms about reporting her husband's crime to the police. bedenking, gewetensbeswaar إرْتِياب، هاجِس، وَسْواس безпокойство skrupule betænkelighed das Bedenken ενδοιασμός escrúpulo kõhklus دودلی epäily scrupule נְקִיפוֹת מַצפּוּן सन्देह sumnja, slutnja lelkiismeret-furdalás keraguan efasemd scrupolo 気のとがめ 양심의 가책, 거리낌 būgštavimas, dvejonė šaubas; bažas rasa ragu-ragu gewetensbezwaar betenkelighet, samvittighetsnag skrupuł escrúpulo scrupul; şovăială сомнение pochybnosť pomislek sumnja betänklighet, kval ความรู้สึกไม่สบายใจ endişe, huzursuzluk 疑慮(尤其是對所做的事是否正確的疑慮) сумнів у своїй правоті ضمیر کی خلش nỗi băn khoăn 疑虑（尤其是对所做的事是否正确的疑虑）