List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 310

SYNONYMS: qualm, scruple, compunction, misgiving.
These nouns denote a feeling of uncertainty about the fitness or correctness of an action.

Qualm is a disturbing, often queasy feeling of uneasiness and self-doubt: He would steal your wallet without a qualm.
Scruple is an uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle about the decency, propriety, or appropriateness of a course of action: My father's always had a conscience but his scruples were in the end overruled.
Compunction implies a prick or twinge of conscience aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing: He stole the money without the slightest compunction.
Misgiving suggests often sudden apprehension: I do not view the process with any misgivings.