qualm
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8.4
- noun
- /kwɑm/
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escrúpulo
- A bipartisan poll taken in June indicates that many Americans have qualms about the educational choice concept.
- qualms of conscience
- moral qualms
- express qualms
He has no reservations, qualms, caveats.
- He has no reservations, qualms, caveats.
- I have no qualms dealing with these scumbags.
- He has no qualms about lying, signing shit that says he's lying.
- I love that store, but I have like a major qualm with them.
- I mean, do you know how'd it go like the first week that No, no, I had no qualms with it whatsoever.
- You know, the recent, the last Israeli Prime Minister said that he has killed many Arabs and that he has no qualms with it.
- They usually have some qualms about that because their entire livelihood relies on people not pirating software.
- It's like I got satisfaction knowing that our guys made it home like so I didn't have any kind of moral qualms with it.
- And I'm interested if you have some of the same qualms and and questions about adult content as you do about child content.
- I think this coat could have benefited from a belt and there is no belt, so that's really going to be probably my only qualm.
- Mossad has no qualms doing what it takes to ensure the survival of every Israeli citizen around the world.
- OK, so my only qualm as a buying person is that I just want to see the pieces so I can see them.
- And I fucking make no bones, no shame, no qualms.
Examples
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You might want to take a look at these if you have any further qualms about getting her to do the job.
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She expressed a qualm about the decision, wondering if it was truly the right choice.
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Women leave men without a qualm, but leaving a child is in a different category.
Fiction book (1991) -
Other men had regarded this qualm on his part as foolish, but it remained.
Fiction book (1994) -
What do moral qualms have to do with it?
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Does anyone else have qualms about the ethics of our task?
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We're vulnerable to qualms of conscience like anyone else.
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You need have no qualms about marrying Euan.
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Remembering myself at seventeen, I had qualms about leaving her in charge.
Fiction book (1997) -
Although most students withdraw from public forums, they have fewer qualms about direct interactions with the instructor.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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1.6
A feeling of not being sure about something
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5.9
A feeling of doubt or worry about whether something will turn out well
Feelings that make you hesitate because something seems wrong
A feeling of not being sure about something
A feeling of doubt or uncertainty about something
A feeling of not being sure or confident about something
Antonyms
How Uneasy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Qualm comes from an old English word cwealm that meant 'death' or a sudden 'pain'. That idea of a sharp, sudden pain changed into a sharp worry or guilt, so a qualm today is a strong feeling of doubt about whether you are doing the right thing.