| Pronunciation: | | kwâm
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- [n] uneasiness about the fitness of an action
- [n] a mild state of nausea
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| | Synonyms: | | misgiving, queasiness, scruple, squeamishness |
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| | See Also: | | anxiety, nausea, sickness |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Qualm\, n. [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.
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