Definitions for qualm
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
qualm(n.)
an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction:
He has no qualms about lying.
a sudden feeling of apprehensive uneasiness; misgiving.
a sudden sensation or onset of faintness or illness, esp. of nausea.
Origin of qualm:
1520–30
Princeton's WordNet
scruple, qualm, misgiving(noun)
uneasiness about the fitness of an action
queasiness, squeamishness, qualm(noun)
a mild state of nausea
Wiktionary
qualm(Noun)
A sudden feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
qualm(Noun)
A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
qualm(Noun)
A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now chiefly in negative constructions.)
Origin: qualm, from cwealm (West Saxon) "death, disaster, plague," utcualm (Anglian) "utter destruction," related to cwelan cwellan. The other suggested etymology, less satisfying, is from kwalm "steam, vapor, mist," which also may be ultimately from the same Germanic root as quell. Sense softened to "feeling of faintness" 1530; meaning "uneasiness, doubt" is from 1553; that of "scruple of conscience" is 1649. An indirect connection between the Old English and modern senses is plausible, via the notion of "fit of sickness."
Webster Dictionary
Qualm(noun)
sickness; disease; pestilence; death
Qualm(noun)
a sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony
Qualm(noun)
especially, a sudden sensation of nausea
Qualm(noun)
a prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction
Translations for qualm
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
qualm(noun)
a feeling of uncertainty about whether one is doing right
She had no qualms about reporting her husband's crime to the police.
- bedenking, gewetensbeswaarAfrikaans
- إرْتِياب، هاجِس، وَسْواسArabic
- безпокойствоBulgarian
- escrúpuloPortuguese (BR)
- skrupuleCzech
- das BedenkenGerman
- betænkelighedDanish
- ενδοιασμόςGreek
- escrúpuloSpanish
- kõhklusEstonian
- دودلیFarsi
- epäilyFinnish
- scrupuleFrench
- נְקִיפוֹת מַצפּוּןHebrew
- सन्देहHindi
- sumnja, slutnjaCroatian
- lelkiismeret-furdalásHungarian
- keraguanIndonesian
- efasemdIcelandic
- scrupoloItalian
- 気のとがめJapanese
- 양심의 가책Korean
- būgštavimas, dvejonėLithuanian
- šaubas; bažasLatvian
- rasa ragu-raguMalay
- gewetensbezwaarDutch
- betenkelighet, samvittighetsnagNorwegian
- skrupułPolish
- دودلیPersian
- ناڅاپي خواګرځى (قى)، ضعف، وسواس، وېرهPashto
- escrúpuloPortuguese
- scrupul;şovăialăRomanian
- сомнениеRussian
- pochybnosťSlovak
- pomislekSlovenian
- sumnjaSerbian
- betänklighet, kvalSwedish
- ความรู้สึกไม่สบายใจThai
- endişe, huzursuzlukTurkish
- 疑慮(尤其是對所做的事是否正確的疑慮)Chinese (Trad.)
- сумнів у своїй правотіUkrainian
- ضمیر کی خلشUrdu
- nỗi băn khoănVietnamese
- 疑虑（尤其是对所做的事是否正确的疑虑）Chinese (Simp.)
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