'Qualm' definitions:
Definition of 'qualm'
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Definition of 'Qualm'
From: GCIDE
- Qualm \Qualm\, n. [AS. cwealm death, slaughter, pestilence, akin to OS. & OHG. qualm. See Quail to cower.]
- 1. Sickness; disease; pestilence; death. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [dead]. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony. " Qualms of heartsick agony." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea. [1913 Webster]
- For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked On holy garbage, though by Homer cooked? --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'qualm'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitation,
- airsickness,
- all-overs,
- anxiety,
- apprehension,
- apprehensiveness,
- bashfulness,
- beef,
- better self,
- bitch,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- boycott,
- car sickness,
- challenge,
- complaint,
- compunction,
- concern,
- conscience,
- conscientiousness,
- conviction,
- demonstration,
- demur,
- demurral,
- demurrer,
- diffidence,
- disinclination,
- doubt,
- exception,
- expostulation,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fastidiousness,
- foreboding,
- funny feeling,
- grievance,
- grievance committee,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- howl,
- impatience,
- indignation meeting,
- insecurity,
- kick,
- mal de mer,
- march,
- meticulousness,
- misgiving,
- mistrust,
- modesty,
- motion sickness,
- nausea,
- nervousness,
- nonviolent protest,
- objection,
- overconscientiousness,
- overscrupulousness,
- pang,
- pangs,
- pangs of conscience,
- pause,
- perturbation,
- picketing,
- point of honor,
- presentiment,
- pricking of heart,
- protest,
- protest demonstration,
- protestation,
- punctilio,
- punctiliousness,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- qualms,
- queasiness,
- rally,
- recoil,
- reluctance,
- remonstrance,
- remonstration,
- scruple,
- scruples,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- seasickness,
- second thought,
- shrinking,
- shyness,
- sit-in,
- squawk,
- squeamishness,
- stickling,
- strike,
- suspicion,
- teach-in,
- throes,
- touch of conscience,
- twinge,
- twinge of conscience,
- uncertainty,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unwillingness,
- voice of conscience,
- vomiting,
- worry