Definitions for Qualm
qualm

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. scruple, qualm, misgivingnoun

   uneasiness about the fitness of an action

2. queasiness, squeamishness, qualmnoun

   a mild state of nausea

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. qualmnoun

   A sudden feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

2. qualmnoun

   A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.

3. qualmnoun

   A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now chiefly in negative constructions.)

4. Etymology: 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."

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. QUALMnoun

   A sudden fit of sickness; a sudden seizure of sickly languor.

   Etymology: cwealm , Saxon, a sudden stroke of death.

   Some sudden qualm hath struck me to the heart,
   And dimm’d mine eyes, that I can read no further. William Shakespeare.

   Some distill’d carduus benedictus, laid to your heart, is the only thing for a qualm. William Shakespeare.

   Compar’d to these storms, death is but a qualm,
   Hell somewhat lightsome, the Bermudas calm. John Donne.

   I find a cold qualm come over my heart, that I faint, I can speak no longer. James Howell.

   All maladies
   Of ghastly spasm, or racking torture, qualms
   Of heart-sick agony. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   For who, without a qualm, hath ever look’d
   On holy garbage, though by cook’d. Wentworth Dillon.

   They have a sickly uneasiness upon them, shifting and changing from one error, and from one qualm to another, hankering after novelties. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

   Thy mother well deserves that short delight,
   The nauseous qualms of ten months and travail to requite. John Dryden, Virgil.

   When he hath stretched his vessels with wine to their utmost capacity, and is grown weary and sick, and feels those qualms and disturbances that usually attend such excesses, he resolves, that he will hereafter contain himself within the bounds of sobriety. Edmund Calamy.

   The qualms or ruptures of your blood
   Rise in proportion to your food. Matthew Prior.

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1. qualm

   A qualm is a feeling of unease or anxiety about the moral or ethical propriety or the correctness of a course of action. It can also refer to a sudden feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Qualmnoun

   sickness; disease; pestilence; death

2. Qualmnoun

   a sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony

3. Qualmnoun

   especially, a sudden sensation of nausea

4. Qualmnoun

   a prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction

5. Etymology: [AS. cwealm death, slaughter, pestilence, akin to OS. & OHG. qualm. See Quail to cower.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Qualm

   kwäm, n. a sudden attack of illness: a sensation of nausea: a scruple, as of conscience.—adj. Qualm′ish, affected with qualm, or a disposition to vomit, or with slight sickness: uneasy.—adv. Qualm′ishly.—n. Qualm′ishness. [A.S. cwealm, death; Ger. qualm, nausea; Sw. qvalm, a suffocating heat.]

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1. • Anxiety
   • Nausea

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Qualm in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Qualm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Qualm in a Sentence

1. Desiderius Erasmus:

   You'll see certain Pythagorean whose belief in communism of property goes to such lengths that they pick up anything lying about unguarded, and make off with it without a qualm of conscience as if it had come to them by law.

2. Mark Cash:

   Strong billings and revenue guidance, alongside affirmation that Palo Alto will not be drastically changing its selling model, which would affect free cash flow, helped qualm investor fears.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Qualm
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Qualm
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Qualm
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Qualm
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Qualm