English Dictionary

qualm

IPA（発音記号）

/kwɑm/

名詞

否定形 イギリス英語 古語 方言

A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. / A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. / (now chiefly in the negative) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.

日本語の意味

不安、恐れ、疑念など心に抱く不穏な感情 / 突発的な体調不良感や気分の悪さ（むかむか感） / （主に否定的な用法で）良心の呵責や道徳的な躊躇、罪悪感

She felt a sudden qualm about signing the contract, so she asked for more time to read it.

彼女は契約に署名することについて突然不安を感じたので、もっと時間をもらって内容を読むよう頼んだ。

意味（1）

A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

Opponents of those privatization plans hoped to use Mr. Armstrong's qualms as ammunition to block the White House initiatives, and they asked for more public statements.

意味（2）

A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.

意味（3）

(now chiefly in the negative) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.

This lawyer has no qualms about saving people who are on the wrong side of the law.

意味（4）

(archaic, UK dialectal) Mortality; plague; pestilence.

意味（5）

(archaic, UK dialectal) A calamity or disaster.

qualms （ plural ）