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qualming

qualming is the present participle and gerund of qualm.

Meaning of qualm

Verb

qualm (third-person singular simple present qualms, present participle qualming, simple past and past participle qualmed)

  1. (intransitive) To have a sickly feeling.

See all 6 meanings of qualm

Noun

qualming (plural qualmings)

  1. (rare) A qualm.
    • […] qualmings of the conscience relating to the Nevis family. He had trouble pinpointing the source of the unease. It was not sympathy for Nevis himself.2010, The American Society of Magazine Editors, The Best American Magazine Writing 2010 (page 440)

Forms of qualming

pluralqualmings

Questions about qualming

What does qualming mean?
Qualming means a qualm.
What is qualming the present participle and gerund of?
Qualming is the present participle and gerund of qualm.
What part of speech is qualming?
Qualming is a noun.
What is the plural of qualming?
The plural of qualming is qualmings.

Words near qualming in the dictionary

  1. qualm
  2. qualmed
  3. qualmier
  4. qualmiest
  5. qualminess
  6. qualming
  7. qualmings
  8. qualmish
  9. qualmishly
  10. qualmishness
  11. qualmless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: qualming (page history and authors); qualm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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