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qualm

The correct spelling is qualm.

How to pronounce qualm

/kwɑːm/
noun

IPA: /kwɑːm/

Say it like: Kwa-lm

The correct spelling is qualm. A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. For example: "This lawyer has no qualms about saving people who are on the wrong side of the law."

Usage Examples

This lawyer has no qualms about saving people who are on the wrong side of the law.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
  2. 2.A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
  3. 3.A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now often in negative constructions.)
  4. 4.Mortality; plague; pestilence.
  5. 5.A calamity or disaster.

verb

  1. 1.To have a sickly feeling.

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