Associations to the word «Qualm»

Wiktionary

QUALM, noun. (now chiefly UK dialectal) Mortality; plague; pestilence.
QUALM, noun. (now chiefly UK dialectal) A calamity or disaster.
QUALM, noun. A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. [from 16th c.]
QUALM, noun. A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. [from 16th c.]
QUALM, noun. A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now chiefly in negative constructions.) [from 17th c.]

Dictionary definition

QUALM, noun. Uneasiness about the fitness of an action.
QUALM, noun. A mild state of nausea.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche