Squeamish
11squeamish — adj. squeamish about * * * [ skwiːmɪʃ] squeamish about …
12squeamish — squeamishly, adv. squeamishness, n. /skwee mish/, adj. 1. fastidious or dainty. 2. easily shocked by anything slightly immodest; prudish. 3. excessively particular or scrupulous as to the moral aspect of things. 4. easily nauseated or disgusted:… …
13squeamish — adjective easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseous or nervous He might have made a good doctor, had he not been so squeamish about the sight of blood …
14squeamish — adjective easily shocked, upset or easily made to feel sick by unpleasant sights: I could never be a nurse I m too squeamish. squeamishly adverb squeamishness noun (U) …
15squeamish — adjective Etymology: Middle English squaymisch, modification of Anglo French escoymous Date: 15th century 1. a. easily nauseated ; queasy b. affected with nausea 2. a. excessively fastidious or scrupulous in conduct or belief b. easily offended… …
16squeamish — Synonyms and related words: airsick, barfy, bashful, boggling, carsick, critical, dainty, delicate, demanding, demurring, difficult, diffident, dizzy, exacting, faltering, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, finikin, fuddy duddy, fuss… …
17squeamish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. queasy, qualmish, nauseated; fearful, skittish, nervous; fastidious, picky; hypercritical. See unwillingness, taste.Ant., fearless, all consuming. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. finicky, fussy, mincing …
18squeamish — squea|mish [ skwimıʃ ] adjective easily shocked or upset by something unpleasant ╾ squea|mish|ness noun uncount …
19squeamish — squeam·ish || skwɪËmɪʃ adj. prudish, prim, easily shocked; fastidious; easily nauseated …
20squeamish — adjective 1》 easily nauseated or disgusted. 2》 having fastidious moral views. Derivatives squeamishly adverb squeamishness noun Origin ME: alt. of dialect squeamous, from Anglo Norman Fr. escoymos, of unknown origin …
