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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