Qualm : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Qualm	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Qualm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
qualm n uneasiness about the fitness of an action [syn: scruple, qualm, misgiving] a mild state of nausea Synonym(s): queasiness, squeamishness, qualm
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. [bd] Qualms of heartsick agony.[b8] --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.