as in doubts
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 qualms
Javier Bardem has no qualms after losing jobs over his support of Palestine.
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Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 6 May 2026
After Friday, Johnson should have no qualms about playing his two rookies together anymore.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Apr. 2026
The coach has no qualms about dropping him back into the lineup versus the Stars.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
Who cares that Swiftest of Lizards seems to have zero qualms about leaving his mother to go live with the man standing there with his wife and baby?
—Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
First-time Saturday Night Live host Colman Domingo has some qualms about what’s being pitched for his debut on the NBC show this weekend.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
The study was commissioned by the team to assuage future free agents’ qualms about the facilities after a viral online theory put forth the idea that injuries to a number of the players were due to where their training facility was situated.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
At lunchtime, hunger overrides my qualms.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
By no means a modest person, Frenza has no qualms about giving herself a generous bonus.
—Agnieszka Szpila, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 6 May 2026
After Friday, Johnson should have no qualms about playing his two rookies together anymore.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Apr. 2026
The coach has no qualms about dropping him back into the lineup versus the Stars.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
Who cares that Swiftest of Lizards seems to have zero qualms about leaving his mother to go live with the man standing there with his wife and baby?
—Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
First-time Saturday Night Live host Colman Domingo has some qualms about what’s being pitched for his debut on the NBC show this weekend.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
The study was commissioned by the team to assuage future free agents’ qualms about the facilities after a viral online theory put forth the idea that injuries to a number of the players were due to where their training facility was situated.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
At lunchtime, hunger overrides my qualms.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
By no means a modest person, Frenza has no qualms about giving herself a generous bonus.
—Agnieszka Szpila, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for qualms
Noun
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Hollywood’s recent streaming wars, however, have cast all kinds of doubts on the value of such totals.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 May 2026
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London — The hard-right Reform UK party led by Nigel Farage has surged in England’s local elections while the governing Labour Party has slumped, deepening doubts about Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s ability to govern and further splintering Britain’s traditional two-party political system.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
Noun
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The pope, who has consistently raised objections to the war and called for immediate peace, responded directly to the president's podcast comments, speaking to reporters outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo on May 5.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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The company also recruited stakeholders to file objections with the Federal Communications Commission, including the protestant United Church of Christ and the Motion Picture Association of America, the Times reported in June 1985.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Last week's final FOMC meeting under outgoing chair Jerome Powell, as well as subsequent statements from three officials, expressed misgivings about the direction of monetary policy.—
Sean Conlon,Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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There were misgivings among the cast about signing on to something as common as (gasp) a reality-television program, but most of them revel in spending time — and money — with each other.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Russia and Ukraine show no compunctions about killing the civilians of their enemy.—
Oded J K Faran,
Oc Register,
21 Oct. 2025
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The boundaries of the world are delineated neatly by your compunctions.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And like any good femme fatale, Maddy is given savvy at the expense of moral scruples.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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But the squirrelly, middle-aged guy at the weird surplus store in northern Florida had no such scruples.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Qualms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qualms. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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