QUALM

qualm

Noun

  1. Mortality; plague; pestilence.
  2. A calamity or disaster.
  3. A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
  4. A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
  5. A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now chiefly in negative constructions.)


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