QUALM

scruple, qualm, misgiving

(noun) uneasiness about the fitness of an action

queasiness, squeamishness, qualm

(noun) a mild state of nausea

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

qualm (plural qualms)

A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. [from 16th c.]

A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. [from 16th c.]

A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now often in negative constructions.) [from 17th c.]

(archaic, UK dialectal) Mortality; plague; pestilence.

(archaic, UK dialectal) A calamity or disaster.

Synonyms

• compunction

• misgiving

• scruple

• unease/uneasiness

• See apprehension

Verb

qualm (third-person singular simple present qualms, present participle qualming, simple past and past participle qualmed)

(intransitive) To have a sickly feeling.

Source: Wiktionary

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Qualm, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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