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qualm

/kwahm, kwawm/US // kwɑm, kwɔm //UK // (kwɑːm) //

顾虑,疑问,顾忌,遗憾

Related Words

nervousness紧张,忐忑不安,紧张情绪,紧张感anxiety焦虑,忧虑,焦虑不安,担忧hesitation犹豫不决,踌躇,迟疑,疑虑apprehension忧虑,顾虑,担忧,担心twinge绞痛,绞绞痛,绞伤reluctance不情愿,勉强,不愿,勉为其难unease不安,不安情绪,不安的情绪,不安感misgiving顾虑重重,顾虑,误解,忧患意识objection反对,反对意见,意见,反对声pang悸动,悸動,悸动的,悸动的心remorse悔恨,忏悔,悔意,懊悔disquiet忧虑,烦躁不安,焦虑,不安uneasiness不安,不舒服,不安感,不安的感觉conscience良心,良知compunction强迫症,强迫性,强迫性行为,强迫症状perturbation扰动,干扰,微扰,扰乱regret遗憾,遗憾的是,忏悔,很遗憾agitation躁动,扰动,搅拌,搅拌器insecurity不安全感,不安全,不安全因素,缺乏安全感uncertainty不确定性,不确定,不确定因素,不明朗

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
    • : a sudden feeling of apprehensive uneasiness; misgiving: a sudden qualm about the success of the venture.
    • : a sudden sensation or onset of faintness or illness, especially of nausea.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounnagging doubt
Synonyms
anxiety焦虑,忧虑,焦虑不安,担忧apprehension忧虑,顾虑,担忧,担心disquiet忧虑,烦躁不安,焦虑,不安hesitation犹豫不决,踌躇,迟疑,疑虑misgiving顾虑重重,顾虑,误解,忧患意识nervousness紧张,忐忑不安,紧张情绪,紧张感objection反对,反对意见,意见,反对声pang悸动,悸動,悸动的,悸动的心reluctance不情愿,勉强,不愿,勉为其难remorse悔恨,忏悔,悔意,懊悔twinge绞痛,绞绞痛,绞伤unease不安,不安情绪,不安的情绪,不安感uneasiness不安,不舒服,不安感,不安的感觉agitation躁动,扰动,搅拌,搅拌器compunction强迫症,强迫性,强迫性行为,强迫症状conscience良心,良知demur抗辩,抗议,抗辩权,抗辨foreboding畏惧,忧虑,畏惧感,畏惧心理indecision犹豫不决,优柔寡断,踌躇不决,犹豫不决的问题insecurity不安全感,不安全,不安全因素,缺乏安全感mistrust不信任,不信任感,疑虑,猜疑perturbation扰动,干扰,微扰,扰乱presentiment礼物,感受,经验之谈,经验regret遗憾,遗憾的是,忏悔,很遗憾remonstrance谏言,针砭时弊,诤言,诤友scruple顾虑重重,顾忌,忌讳,顾虑suspicion怀疑,猜疑,嫌疑人,嫌疑犯uncertainty不确定性,不确定,不确定因素,不明朗misdoubt疑虑,疑惑,怀疑,误疑

Examples

  • As a result, traffic control has risen close to the top when it comes to citizens’ qualms with city services.

  • You are right about the danger of posting qualms about a child, but the damage is done.

  • Brooks has no qualms about playing rookies as his usage of last year’s No.

  • Trustify publicly acknowledged jumping on material hacked and leaked from dating websites without ethical qualms.

  • Since then, those qualms have been compounded by fears of persistent disinformation campaigns and the growing threat of deep fake video ads.

  • Loewen proved to have one qualm that showed he was not a total monster.

  • Yet I admit to feeling a qualm when I hear this phrase, "moral defense."

  • Breitbart used those tools without qualm or regret, and he inspired a cohort of young conservative journalists to do likewise.

  • He sensed she could be coldly calculating; that neither qualm nor principle would keep her from furthering her own ends.

  • He suffered no qualm of conscience, no revolt of personal honor, no spasm of sympathy or pity.

  • Her mind never suffered the slightest misgiving, her conscience the least qualm.

  • Val was conscious of something like a qualm at not having thought about the East, or even the opera, for days.

  • Hence none felt any qualm as to the strong measures to be adopted towards the hostile sharer of the secret.

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