as in doubt
an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do
she has no qualms about downloading pirated music files from the Internet
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Recent Examples of qualm
After initially reading a report that Pitt was involved with businesswoman Inés de Ramon, she was sent a fake TV report to mitigate her qualms, which clarified the couple wasn't together.
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Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
Many Republicans have now expressed their qualms about cutting the program too deeply amid significant backlash, and a key committee chairman said this week that one leading policy idea — per capita caps — is moving toward the back burner.
—Caitlin Owens, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
That said, Harrison, Birdsong and the bunch have no qualms about competing.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Despite his qualms, Trump was unable to counter the concerted drive by public-health officials to impose social restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as closing the schools—surely one of the most glaring exercises in untrammeled bureaucratic power in this country’s history.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
Many Republicans have now expressed their qualms about cutting the program too deeply amid significant backlash, and a key committee chairman said this week that one leading policy idea — per capita caps — is moving toward the back burner.
—Caitlin Owens, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
That said, Harrison, Birdsong and the bunch have no qualms about competing.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Despite his qualms, Trump was unable to counter the concerted drive by public-health officials to impose social restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as closing the schools—surely one of the most glaring exercises in untrammeled bureaucratic power in this country’s history.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for qualm
Noun
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If there was any doubt as to De Niro’s greatness, it’s laid to rest in these face-to-face confrontations.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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Without a doubt, the perfect way to wrap up a day at Disney is with the fireworks show.—
Ronny Maye,
Essence,
19 Mar. 2025
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Schumer has received backlash since helping to avert a government shutdown by aiding the Republicans in passing their stopgap spending plan over the objection of the majority of his fellow Democratic Senators and House Democrats.—
Rebecca Schneid,
TIME,
23 Mar. 2025
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Home demolished During winter break at the University of Idaho, a demolition began of the home where the murders took place, over the objections of some of the victims' family members.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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Bernstein and von Karajan, Danish continues, exemplify this duality, engaging openly with universal human issues like ambition, mortality, regret, and reconciliation. Music, central to both conductors' lives, plays a significant role in Last Call.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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In Regretting You, a shocking car wreck takes the lives of two family members, unlocking a series of secrets, lies and regrets.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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Notably, a factor behind the coup attempt was compunction about the granting of limited self-governance to Catalonia and the Basque country, which some members of the military feared was a prelude to the breakup of Spain.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Dec. 2023
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Neither do brave men or women stand by and see such things done without compunction of conscience, nor read of them without protest.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Qualm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualm. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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