(n.) A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony.
(n.) Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
(n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Example Sentences:
(1) A splinter group of the nationalist National Liberation Front of Corsica had made a statement warning extremists that any attack on the island would trigger “a determined response, without any qualms”.
(2) In responding to a reporter's question about French and German qualms, Mr Rumsfeld hinted on Wednesday that Washington would turn to Nato's new members in eastern Europe for support.
(3) The right, in contrast, had no qualms about going all-in.
(4) Israel had few qualms about proliferating nuclear weapons knowhow and materials, giving South Africa's apartheid regime help in developing its own bomb in the 1970s in return for 600 tons of yellowcake.
(5) Like Mark Twain, he was no respecter of the professional qualms of historians, and the one-liners continued to flow.
(6) The children's secretary, Ed Balls, has fewer qualms, telling the Times : "I don't think you could honestly say you wouldn't like to have a go."
(7) Meanwhile Seydoux's co-star appears to have overcome her initial qualms about the film and is currently promoting Blue is the Warmest Colour in the UK press.
(8) You are only the defence minister.’” But two days later, many Egyptians appeared to have fewer qualms: millions turned out to give Sisi his mandate.
(9) North Dakota law enforcement have no qualms about grabbing people and throwing them to the ground,” said Cheryl Angel, a Sicangu Lakota tribe member.
(10) Cameron had no qualms about talking about his Ivan's condition.
(11) None of the defendants except Yaroshenko had any qualms accepting their involvement in the global drug trade.
(12) But, he shares my own qualms about Silicon Valley's techno-utopianism.
(13) Han definitely shoots first (and asks questions later) Lucas and fans have debated for decades whether the sardonic space scoundrel was originally intended to shoot bounty hunter Greedo only after the alien fired his blaster first in the Mos Eisley Cantina in 1977’s saga opener A New Hope, but Abrams clearly has no such qualms about showing the elder Solo as a quick-on-the-draw kind of guy.
(14) Bulmer could not be reached for comment, but in a statement he insisted he had no qualms about accepting a fee from the campaign group.
(15) But he has no qualms nailing overall responsibility.
(16) "If I had that many qualms, I would have tried to block the sale.
(17) Tony Blair has swallowed any qualms about declaring his full support for Ed Miliband , saying he agrees with the Labour leader that inequality is the central challenge of the times.
(18) Evidently he had qualms but never spoke out decisively.
(19) I believe in that and I think that makes the whole thing worthwhile.” Robinson said he had no moral qualms about defending Karadžić or others accused of war crimes.
(20) Leicester City fans across the world celebrate a miracle Read more Early on Ranieri took a shine to Danny Drinkwater, who was unable to get into Leicester’s team at the end of last season but finishes this one hoping to go to Euro 2016 with England, and he has had no qualms about overlooking Gokhan Inler, the Switzerland captain who was signed as a replacement for Esteban Cambiasso .
Sickly
Definition:
(superl.) Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.
(superl.) Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate.
(superl.) Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.
(superl.) Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.
(adv.) In a sick manner or condition; ill.
(v. t.) To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Based on our results, we propose the following hypotheses for the neurochemical mechanisms of motion sickness: (1) the histaminergic neuron system is involved in the signs and symptoms of motion sickness, including vomiting; (2) the acetylcholinergic neuron system is involved in the processes of habituation to motion sickness, including neural store mechanisms; and (3) the catecholaminergic neuron system in the brain stem is not related to the development of motion sickness.
(2) The relationship between cold-insoluble complexes, or cryoglobulins, and renal disease was studied in rabbits with acute serum sickness produced with BSA.
(3) Decompression sickness and air embolism are medical emergencies.
(4) A total of 6 cases of sick sinus syndrome were presented, including 2 cases of sinoatrial (SA) block and 4 cases of bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome.
(5) Inner Ear Decompression Sickness (IEDCS)--manifested by tinnitus, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and hearing loss--is usually associated with deep air or mixed gas dives, and accompanied by other CNS symptoms of decompression sickness (DCS).
(6) The regimen used at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, provides 2.0 to 2.5 gm protein per kilogram ideal body weight, plus adequate fluid and nutrient supplements.
(7) I am absolutely sick to the stomach that this iconic Australian news agency would attack the navy in the way that it has,” he said.
(8) This "first exposure" determines whether one views oneself as "sick" or changed.
(9) We suggest that sick districts can be affirmed on the basis of the total amount of fluoride intake, the prevalence rates of dental fluorosis, bad incomplete teeth, milk-teeth and the mean output of urinary fluoride between 8 and 15 years of age.
(10) Clarke varies the intensity of sessions but for most of the time it's go hard or go home: I've learned that neither more pain nor being sick are anything to be afraid of.
(11) Thus, carotid sinus massage and, to some extent, isoprenaline administration appear simple bedside tests which may be helpful in identifying the underlying mechanism of sick sinus syndrome.
(12) Rapid techniques were applied to study functional activity of peripheral blood phagocytes in acute sick patients and upon discharge.
(13) The questionnaires (Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales [AIMS], Functional Status Index [FSI], Health Assessment Questionnaire [HAQ], Index of Well Being [IWB], and Sickness Impact Profile [SIP]) were administered to 38 patients with end-stage arthritis at three points in time: two weeks before hip or knee arthroplasty, and at three-month and 12- to 15-month follow-up.
(14) The results from the first session indicated that the development of motion sickness was accompanied by increased EGG 4-9 cpm activity (gastric tachyarrhythmia), decreased mean successive differences of RRI, increased skin conductance levels, and increased self-motion perception.
(15) No sick or dead monkeys were found in all the forests checked around Entebbe area during the epizootic.
(16) Implantation of a single-chamber pacemaker was planned in an 83-year-old woman with sick-sinus syndrome causing dizziness, bradycardia and tachycardia.
(17) In a Europe (including Britain) where austerity has become the economic dogma of the elite in spite of massive evidence that it is choking growth and worsening the very sickness it claims to heal, there are plenty of rational, sensible arguments for taking to the streets.
(18) There are no more operational hospitals and not a single ambulance to rescue the ever-growing number of wounded and sick.
(19) The aim of this study was to compare the predictive power of a simple illness severity score (Clinical Sickness Score) to that of APACHE II in a District General Hospital intensive therapy unit.
(20) This is confirmed by a slight inhibition of SLE target cell proliferation and the activating effect of immunoregulatory cells on the proliferation of "sick" targets.