Qualm1. (n.) A sudden feeling of illness, faintness, or nausea; an agony.
2. (n.) Sickness; disease; pestilence; death.
3. (n.) Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
4. (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
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