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qualm uqalm qaulm aqulm uaqlm auqlm qulam uqlam qluam lquam ulqam luqam qalum aqlum qlaum lqaum alqum laqum ualqm aulqm ulaqm luaqm aluqm lauqm quaml uqaml qauml aquml uaqml auqml qumal uqmal qmual mqual umqal muqal qamul aqmul qmaul mqaul amqul maqul uamql aumql umaql muaql amuql mauql qulma uqlma qluma lquma ulqma luqma qumla uqmla qmula mqula umqla muqla qlmua lqmua qmlua mqlua lmqua mlqua ulmqa lumqa umlqa mulqa lmuqa mluqa qalmu aqlmu qlamu lqamu alqmu laqmu qamlu aqmlu qmalu mqalu amqlu maqlu qlmau lqmau qmlau mqlau lmqau mlqau almqu lamqu amlqu malqu lmaqu mlaqu ualmq aulmq ulamq luamq alumq laumq uamlq aumlq umalq mualq amulq maulq ulmaq lumaq umlaq mulaq lmuaq mluaq almuq lamuq amluq maluq lmauq mlauq

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Definitions and meaning of qualm

qualm

Alternative forms

• calm (dialectal)

Etymology

Perhaps from Middle English qualm, cwalm (“death, sickness, plague”), which is from Old English cwealm (West Saxon: "death, disaster, plague"), ūtcwalm (Anglian: "utter destruction"), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalm (“killing, death, destruction”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to stick, pierce; pain, injury, death”), whence also quell. 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 Dutch kwalm or German Qualm (“steam, vapor, mist”) earlier “daze, stupefaction”, which is from the root of German quellen (“to stream, well up”). The sense “feeling of faintness” is from 1530; “uneasiness, doubt” from 1553; “scruple of conscience” from 1649.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kwɑːm/, /kwɔːm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kwɑm/, /kwɔm/, /kwɑlm/, (obsolete) /kwæm/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm, -ɔːm, -ɑːlm

Noun

qualm (plural qualms)

1. A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. [from 16th c.]
2. A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. [from 16th c.]
3. (now chiefly in the negative) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. [from 17th c.]

4. (archaic, UK dialectal) Mortality; plague; pestilence.
5. (archaic, UK dialectal) A calamity or disaster.

Synonyms

• compunction
• misgiving
• scruple
• unease/uneasiness
• See Thesaurus:apprehension

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Verb

qualm (third-person singular simple present qualms, present participle qualming, simple past and past participle qualmed)

1. (intransitive) To have a sickly feeling.

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cwalm, cualm, qwalm, qualme

Etymology

From Old English cwealm, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwalm/

Noun

qualm

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

Descendants

• English: qualm (possibly)
• Scots: qualm (possibly)

References

• “qualm, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-12.