Associations to the word «Qualm»
Noun
- Conscience
- Scruple
- Nausea
- Misgiving
- Uneasiness
- Remorse
- Apprehension
- Benito
- Importation
- Promenade
- Pang
- Stomach
- Hesitation
- Sickness
- Felt
- Parisian
- Offset
- Disgust
- Madman
- Bodyguard
- Honesty
- Regret
- Pity
- Feel
- Doubt
- Sting
- Matthews
- Sylvia
- Spite
- Fear
- Disappointment
- Purse
- Doing
- Suspicion
- Sight
- Putting
- Shame
- Cruiser
- Guilt
- Cake
- Sensation
- Thinking
- Responsibility
- Flesh
Adjective
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Wiktionary
QUALM, noun. (now chiefly UK dialectal) Mortality; plague; pestilence.
QUALM, noun. (now chiefly UK dialectal) A calamity or disaster.
QUALM, noun. A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. [from 16th c.]
QUALM, noun. A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. [from 16th c.]
QUALM, noun. A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now chiefly in negative constructions.) [from 17th c.]
Dictionary definition
QUALM, noun. Uneasiness about the fitness of an action.
QUALM, noun. A mild state of nausea.
Wise words
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