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
After Friday, Johnson should have no qualms about playing his two rookies together anymore.
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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
The confident defensive back has no qualms with covering the middle of the field in the NFL.
—Mike Kaye
march 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
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
The confident defensive back has no qualms with covering the middle of the field in the NFL.
—Mike Kaye
march 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for qualms
Noun
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The next day, journalists privately expressed doubts about whether a redo could or should happen.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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Shares have traded flat in the year to date, underperforming the overall market as investors express doubts that Apple can pull off its ambitious push into artificial intelligence, particularly amid an ongoing memory supply crunch.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
Noun
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When Joseph pops his head into the studio, insisting, over Gordy’s objections, that Michael has taken up too much of his time, Michael hugs Gordy goodbye.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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Hegseth forced out the army chief of staff, General Randy George, a close ally of Driscoll’s, despite Driscoll’s objections.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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The misgivings regarding Mythos, a technology that the company says is powerful enough to enable dangerous cyberattacks, were reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 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 5 May. 2026.
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