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Meanings of
qualm
in English
Portuguese
receio
Catalan
recel
Spanish
duda
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Uneasiness about the fitness of an action.
scruple
misgiving
Portuguese
receio
A mild state of nausea.
squeamishness
queasiness
Synonyms
Examples for "
scruple
"
scruple
misgiving
Examples for "
scruple
"
1
No moral
scruple
kept the lovers apart; and they determined to fly.
2
So I have the less
scruple
in sending you this last word.
3
And the same
scruple
induced you to tell the prince that Mdlle.
4
The married women associate with the unmarried mothers of families without
scruple
.
5
All the promises of the king were violated without
scruple
or shame.
1
And they were harder for the pity and
misgiving
in his heart.
2
But she is already in some trouble and
misgiving
about the past.
3
I came to the Druid order reluctantly and served with constant
misgiving
.
4
But it was the presence of Jennie that caused the most
misgiving
.
5
But he had considerable
misgiving
about the expediency of this last wish.
Usage of
qualm
in English
1
And although the price was high, Brady paid it without a
qualm
.
2
Hodges passes up his last chance to come clean without a
qualm
.
3
Emily Bailey said their
qualm
was with the centre's focus on hydrogen.
4
She didn't feel a second's doubt, not the slightest
qualm
or uncertainty.
5
But in Nan's case it seemed to give not the smallest
qualm
.
6
He felt Leif tense at his side and lied without a
qualm
.
7
I thought it was a big yacht. And she had a
qualm
.
8
A
qualm
of disgust sent a sudden shudder through his slight frame.
9
When he saw her sitting on the bench, he experienced another
qualm
.
10
That was a little farther than he could go without a
qualm
.
11
Indeed, Gritzko was so matter of fact she started without a
qualm
.
12
Tom suddenly felt a
qualm
of shame and disgust at his finery.
13
As for Victoria, she accepted everything-compliments ,flatteries ,Elizabethanprerogatives-withouta single
qualm
.
14
She shrank from the rigor of this with a
qualm
of actual fear.
15
Without a
qualm
,
she took the unprecedented opportunity to study him.
16
Englishmen in Virginia bought without
qualm
,
as Englishmen in England bought without
qualm
.
Other examples for "qualm"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
qualm
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
feel a qualm
momentary qualm
slightest qualm
inward qualm
single qualm
More collocations
Translations for
qualm
Portuguese
receio
Catalan
recel
dubte
escrúpol
Spanish
duda
recelo
Qualm
through the time
Qualm
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common