Qualm is an English word with synonyms like scruple or misgiving. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Qualm meaning
- A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
- A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
- A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.
Synonyms of Qualm
Using Qualm
- The main meaning on this page is: A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. | A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. | A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.
- Useful related words include: scruple, misgiving, anxiety, queasiness.
- In the example corpus, qualm often appears in combinations such as: lee qualm, qualm of.
Context around Qualm
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Qualm
- In this selection, "qualm" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lee, biggest, fears, says and aspect stand out and add context to how "qualm" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include leader lee qualm of platte and and the qualm aspect aids. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "qualm" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with qualm
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He has no qualm about the chances the country has been missing in isolation. (14 words)
Representative Lee Qualm of Platte says he would like the bill to be a priority. (15 words)
But this has failed to qualm fears over the state of the media in Poland. (15 words)
One example happened in a rare primary battle in June between Republican candidates in District 23 that took down a party leader in the Legislature, House Majority Leader Lee Qualm of Platte. (32 words)
My biggest qualm with the trailer is referring to Sam Raimi was “a producer of ”, which, yeah, he produced the remake, but he’s done a few other notable films as well. (32 words)
House Majority Leader Lee Qualm says it repeals the permit requirement but doesn’t alter who can carry a concealed pistol. (21 words)
Example sentences (9)
House Majority Leader Lee Qualm of Platte says they haven’t really talked about any, yet.
One example happened in a rare primary battle in June between Republican candidates in District 23 that took down a party leader in the Legislature, House Majority Leader Lee Qualm of Platte.
Representative Lee Qualm of Platte says he would like the bill to be a priority.
But this has failed to qualm fears over the state of the media in Poland.
House Majority Leader Lee Qualm says it repeals the permit requirement but doesn’t alter who can carry a concealed pistol.
My biggest qualm with the trailer is referring to Sam Raimi was “a producer of ”, which, yeah, he produced the remake, but he’s done a few other notable films as well.
This also happens in Spain, since the “Catalan problem” is used to gain political and electoral advantage, without any qualm.
He has no qualm about the chances the country has been missing in isolation.
One of the numerous, yet appropriate definitions of postmodernism and the qualm aspect aids this attribute to seem perfectly accurate.
Common combinations with qualm
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lee qualm 4×
- qualm of 3×