qualmnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/kwɑːm/us/kwɑːm/an uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing:
She had no qualms about lying to the police.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Suspecting & questioning
- call
- call into question idiom
- cynic
- cynical
- dispute
- doubter
- I'd like to see... idiom
- if
- misgiving
- niggle
- query
- question
- reservation
- sceptical
- skeptic
- skeptical
- smell
- smell a rat idiom
- suspect
- suspiciously
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