qualm

Etymology
Perhaps from, , which is from West Saxon: "death, disaster, plague",  Anglian: "utter destruction", from , from , whence also. Although the sense development is possible, this has the problem that there are no attestations in intermediate senses before the appearance of "pang of apprehension, etc." in the 16th century. The alternative etymology is from or  earlier “daze, stupefaction”, which is from the root of. The sense “feeling of faintness” is from 1530; “uneasiness, doubt” from 1553; “scruple of conscience” from 1649.

Noun

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

Synonyms

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Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: ეჭვი, მერყეობა, დაბნეულობა
 * Italian:, ,
 * Maori: potau
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: zábrany, pochybnosti, obavy
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, побоювання,


 * Bulgarian: прилошаване,
 * Czech: (lehká)
 * Dutch: braakkneiging, (plotse) onpasselijkheid, (aanval van) misselijkheid
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: გულის რევა
 * Maori: potau
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian:, млість


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, skrupule
 * Dutch: gewetensaanval,, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: სინდისის ქენჯნა
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: potau
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, compuncțiune
 * Russian: угрызе́ния со́вести
 * Slovak: zábrany
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: докори сумління


 * German:, ,
 * Interlingua:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin:, ,
 * Spanish: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To have a sickly feeling.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) Plague, disease or sickness; that which afflicts.
 * 2) The effects, fruits, or ravages of plague.
 * 3)  Killing as a concept or as an instance