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
Farmer, the newest addition to the board -- who was appointed earlier this year by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders -- also expressed qualms.
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Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
My reluctance isn’t due to any particular moral qualms.
—Anna Juul, The Dial, 27 May 2025
Despite the many trade qualms Trump has broadcast as having with the European Union, prompting him to threaten higher tariffs on several occasions, the trading bloc appears to have not received a letter from him.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
But Guerin has no qualms about missing Friday’s first round in order to get Jiricek in green and red.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 26 June 2025
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Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
My reluctance isn’t due to any particular moral qualms.
—Anna Juul, The Dial, 27 May 2025
Despite the many trade qualms Trump has broadcast as having with the European Union, prompting him to threaten higher tariffs on several occasions, the trading bloc appears to have not received a letter from him.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
But Guerin has no qualms about missing Friday’s first round in order to get Jiricek in green and red.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for qualm
Noun
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There is little doubt that this is a rapidly developing field and that there are tremendous upsides to be had, but at the same time, regrettably, hidden risks and outright gotchas come into these endeavors too.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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In quiet moments of doubt and in public acts of leadership.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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At this stage, the United States has spent plenty for Ukraine’s sovereignty — often over the objections of Trump himself, but the expenditures have been made.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
14 Aug. 2025
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During the bidding process, an earlier Skydance offer was revised by the parties after considerable objections were raised by Gabelli and other investors.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
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In the decades since, Reid maintained had no regrets about saying no to the opportunity.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
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Many viewers, like Locke, expressed regret over their own tattoos.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Even before he was elected president in 1998, Chávez had no compunction about breaking political norms and polarizing the country.—
DARON ACEMOGLU,
Foreign Affairs,
15 June 2020
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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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“Qualm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualm. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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