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qualm
Synonyms and Antonyms of qualm
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 Synonyms compunction, misgiving, scruple Related Words conscience; distrust, doubt, dubiety, incertitude, misdoubt, mistrust, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty; qualmishness, unease, uneasiness; reluctance, unwillingness; demur, fuss, objection, protest, question, remonstrance; aversion, disinclination, indisposition, reluctance, unwillingness; guilt, regret, remorse, self-reproach, shame; contrition, penitence, repentance Near Antonyms aplomb, assurance, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness
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