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squeamish

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squea·mish  (skwmsh)
adj.
1.
a. Easily nauseated or sickened.
b. Nauseated.
2. Easily shocked or disgusted.
3. Excessively fastidious or scrupulous.
[Middle English squeimous, alteration of Anglo-Norman escoymous.]
squeamish·ly adv.
squeamish·ness n.
squeamish
Adjective
easily shocked or upset by unpleasant sights or events [Anglo-French escoymous]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.squeamish - excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
overnice, prissy, dainty, nice
fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
squeamish
adjective 1. queasy, sick, nauseous, queer, sickish, qualmish << OPPOSITE strong-stomached
adjective 2. fastidious, particular, delicate, nice (rare) scrupulous, prudish, prissy (informal) finicky, strait-laced, punctilious << OPPOSITE coarse
Translations
squeamish [ˈskwiːmɪʃ] adj → delicado, remilgado
squeamish [ˈskwiːmɪʃ] adj → facilement dégoûté(e); facilement scandalisé(e)
squeamish [ˈskwiːmɪʃ] adj → empfindlich
squeamish [ˈskwiːmɪʃ] adj → schizzinoso/a; disgustato/a


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She was a woman who could not be taught, it is said, though she had a crude natural force which carried with people whose feelings were accessible and whose taste was not squeamish.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
Philip had a squeamish appetite, and the thick slabs of poor butter on the bread turned his stomach, but he saw other boys scraping it off and followed their example.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
That lady is more mighty than dainty, she is no way squeamish, she devours all and is ready for all, and fills her alforjas with people of all sorts, ages, and ranks.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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