Definition of "qualm" in English

noun

1. A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

2. A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.

3. (now chiefly in the negative) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.

   • This lawyer has no qualms about saving people who are on the wrong side of the law.

4. (archaic, UK, dialectal) Mortality; plague; pestilence.

5. (archaic, UK, dialectal) A calamity or disaster.

verb

1. (intransitive) To have a sickly feeling.