Qualm
[kwɑːm;kwɔːm] or [kwɑm]
Definition
(n.) Sickness; disease; pestilence; death.
(n.) A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony.
(n.) Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
(n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Typist: Nora
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Throe, pang, agony, sudden attack.[2]. Sickness (of the stomach), nausea.[3]. Twinge (of conscience), scruple.
Checker: Sandra
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Misgiving, remorse, scruple, penitence
ANT:Comfort, ease, self-satisfaction, self-approval
Inputed by Elvira
Definition
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.
Checker: Wilmer
Examples
- Once more he essayed the effort, but a qualm of nausea overwhelmed him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The ward was filled with an effluvia that caused my heart to heave with painful qualms. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But Mrs. Dunkirk had qualms and yearnings about her daughter, who had long been regarded as lost both to God and her parents. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was unconfident, he had qualms of fear. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Malcolm