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qualm |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Qualm \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: qualm n 1: uneasiness about the fitness of an action [syn: {scruple}, {misgiving}] 2: a mild state of nausea [syn: {queasiness}, {squeamishness}]
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