- qualm (about something)
a feeling of doubt or worry about whether what you are doing is right synonym misgiving(对自己行为的)顾虑,不安 He had been working very hard so he had no qualms about taking a few days off. 他一直辛勤工作,所以休息几天他觉得心安理得。 She left her husband and children without a qualm. 她毫无顾忌地离开了丈夫和孩子。
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘momentary sick feeling’): perhaps related to Old English cw(e)alm ‘pain’, of Germanic origin.