qualm
To have a sickly feelingTo have a sickly feeling.
» Tom had no qualms about lying.
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1 sensesTo have a sickly feeling.
Examples
15 sentencesTom had no qualms about lying.
He had no qualms in doing so.
deEr hatte keine Bedenken, so zu handeln. — Tamy
Tom has no qualms about stealing other people's food.
Tom had no qualms about cheating on the test.
deTom hatte keine Skrupel, beim Test zu schwindeln. — Dani6187
Tom had no qualms about telling everybody what he thought.
Origin
Perhaps from Middle English qualm, cwalm (“death, sickness, plague”), which is from Old EnPerhaps from Middle English qualm, cwalm (“death, sickness, plague”), which is from Old English cwealm (West Saxon: "death, disaster, plague"), ūtcualm (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.
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Forms
qualms, qualming, qualmed, qualmedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle