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qualmish

9.3

Feeling uneasy or doubtful about doing something that seems wrong

adjective
/ˈkwɑːlmɪʃ/

: inquieto

She felt qualmish about lying to her friend, even though it seemed harmless.

Examples

The student was qualmish about submitting work that was not entirely his own.
After making the decision, he grew qualmish and wondered if it was the right thing to do.
I felt qualmish about lying to my friend.
She was qualmish after making that decision.
She felt qualmish about lying to her friend, even though it seemed harmless.
After making the decision, he grew qualmish and wondered if it was the right thing to do.
The student was qualmish about submitting work that was not entirely his own.

Synonyms

conflicted

vsqualmish

35 4.4

Not sure because you have two opposite feelings

has uneasy doubt and moral misgivings specifically about an action

How Uneasy

tormented

NSFW

7.0

troubled

133 3.5

qualmish

9.3

uneasy

98 3.2

untroubled

4 3.5

Surface Forms

qualmish positive

Morphology

qualmish = qualm (transparent) = qualm + ish

The adjective meaning 'having moral misgivings or unease' is a straightforward adjectival formation from 'qualm' with '-ish'.

Etymology

Qualmish comes from the noun qualm, a short, uneasy feeling; think of a small knot in your mind that tells you something might be wrong. That's why qualmish can mean feeling 'uneasy' or having moral doubts about an action or decision.