how to pronounce qualm

/kwɑːm/

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qualm is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of qualm in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… moral qualm some had about executing him …”

meanings of qualm

noun:

A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
A calamity or disaster.
A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
Mortality; plague; pestilence.
A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now often in negative constructions.).

verb:

To have a sickly feeling.

qualm frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word qualm occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics qualm can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that qualm can be often used in the following areas:

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