qualm
/kwɑːm/noun
High School
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.
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