English Dictionary

qualm

/kwɑm/

noun

A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. / A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. / (now chiefly in the negative) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.

She had a qualm about going on the roller coaster.

意味（1）

A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

Opponents of those privatization plans hoped to use Mr. Armstrong's qualms as ammunition to block the White House initiatives, and they asked for more public statements.

意味（2）

A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.

意味（3）

(now chiefly in the negative) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.

This lawyer has no qualms about saving people who are on the wrong side of the law.

意味（4）

(archaic, UK dialectal) Mortality; plague; pestilence.

意味（5）

(archaic, UK dialectal) A calamity or disaster.