OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1700

qualm

/kwɑːm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aprensión • dificultad • objeción • reparo
A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
"Do you have any particular qualms about leaving Pencey?" / "Oh, I have a few qualms, all right. Sure … but not too many. Not yet, anyway.[…]"
Opponents of those privatization plans hoped to use Mr. [Neil] Armstrong's qualms as ammunition to block the White House initiatives, and they asked for more public statements.
aprensión • reparo
A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
escrúpulo
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.
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