squeamishness

squea·mish (skw

sh)

adj.

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.

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Noun	1.	squeamishness - a mild state of nausea queasiness, qualm nausea, sickness - the state that precedes vomiting
	2.	squeamishness - the trait of being excessively fastidious and easily shocked; "the program was withdrawn because of the squeamishness of some viewers"; "he refused to allow squeamishness to deter him from his duty" fastidiousness - the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style; "neatness and fastidiousness of dress"

Translations

squeamishness [ˈskwiːmɪʃnɪs] N (= fear) → aprensión f; (= fussiness) → remilgos mpl
to feel a certain squeamishness → sentir cierta aprensión or repugnancia

squeamishness [ˈskwiːmɪʃnɪs] n → sensibilité f, émotivité f

squeamishness

n (= nausea) → Übelkeit f; (= disgust) → Ekel m; (= prudishness) → Zimperlichkeit f; his squeamishness when he sees blood → die Übelkeit, die ihn beim Anblick von Blut überkommt; you have to overcome your squeamishness (= prudishness, reluctance) → Sie dürfen nicht so zimperlich sein; (= disgust) → Sie müssen Ihren Ekel überwinden

squeamishness [ˈskwiːmɪʃnɪs] n → impressionabilità

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Your mother, I remember, whimpered and whined just in the same manner; but it was all over within twenty-four hours after we were married: Mr Blifil is a brisk young man, and will soon put an end to your squeamishness.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

I have undergone too much, my friend, to feel pride or squeamishness now.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context

So she made the change, and straightway fancied that everything was spoiled by it; not recognizing that it was the nervousness of the juncture, and her own native squeamishness as an old maid, that wrought all the seeming mischief.

House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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