qualm

About 0.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
3. noun 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.

4. noun Mortality; plague; pestilence.
5. noun A calamity or disaster.
6. verb To have a sickly feeling.

Similar words

squeamishness queasiness misgiving scruple quailing sweam shudder thrill quavering quave

Often followed by

of or about and that in at to as

Word family

qualmier qualmiest qualms qualmy