qualmish


qualm

Q0013400 (kwäm, kwôm)n.1. An uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action: "an ignorant ruffianly gaucho, who ... would ... fight, steal, and do other naughty things without a qualm" (W.H. Hudson).2. A sudden disturbing feeling: "I heard with a qualm of terror the faint, remorseless sound of a telephone ringing somewhere down in the depths of the house" (John Banville).3. A sudden feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea.
[Origin unknown.]
qualm′ish adj.qualm′ish·ly adv.

qualm•ish

(ˈkwɑ mɪʃ, ˈkwɔ-)

adj. 1. having or tending to have qualms. 2. nauseated. 3. of the nature of a qualm. 4. likely to cause qualms.
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