Guilt and Qualm

Guilt

Guilt noun - A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Usage example: he was wracked with guilt after he accidentally broke his sister's antique grandfather clock

Qualm and guilt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Qualm" instead a noun "Guilt".

Qualm

Qualm noun - An uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do.
Usage example: she has no qualms about downloading pirated music files from the Internet

Guilt and qualm are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guilt" instead a noun "Qualm".

How words are described

real real guilt real qualm
little little guilt little qualm
moral moral guilt moral qualm
slightest slightest guilt slightest qualm

Both words in one sentence

  • They leave the boys to take blame for the mess left in their personal Food Fight, with nary a qualm of guilt, even knowing Ug's been making their lives hell for some time already and is just looking for an excuse to dish out more punishment.
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