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squeamish

[ skwee-mish ]

adjective

  1. fastidious or dainty.

    Synonyms: modest

    Antonyms: bold

  2. easily shocked by anything slightly immodest; prudish.

    Antonyms: bold

  3. excessively particular or scrupulous as to the moral aspect of things.

    Synonyms: exacting, delicate, finicky, finical

    Antonyms: bold

  4. easily nauseated or disgusted:

    to get squeamish at the sight of blood.



squeamish

/ ˈskwiːmɪʃ /

adjective

  1. easily sickened or nauseated, as by the sight of blood
  2. easily shocked; fastidious or prudish
  3. easily frightened

    squeamish about spiders

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsqueamishness, noun
  • ˈsqueamishly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • squeamish·ly adverb
  • squeamish·ness noun
  • over·squeamish adjective
  • over·squeamish·ly adverb
  • over·squeamish·ness noun
  • un·squeamish adjective
  • un·squeamish·ly adverb
  • un·squeamish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of squeamish1

First recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English squaymysch, squaimish(e), alteration of squemes, squaymes, squaimous, squaymous “easily nauseated, nauseating, fastidious,” from Anglo-French escoimus, escoymous; further origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of squeamish1

C15: from Anglo-French escoymous , of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

As a former vegetarian, I’m still squeamish about eating living things.

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If you’re still a bit squeamish, you could follow Wynne’s recipes for her preserves and apply the water-bath method for processing them.

The second is that I am infamous for being un-squeamish in dining.

Before visiting the Roselands’ ranch, Virginia was squeamish about the idea of shooting an animal, and nervous that her experience at gun ranges wouldn’t translate to safety in the field.

If you’re someone who’s a bit squeamish about the feeling of raw eggs in your hand, perhaps it’s not for you.

None were squeamish about organising power to pursue their object.

Katy Perry as a squeamish conservative is a little hard to swallow.

Partisans are seldom over-squeamish about their choice of allies.

Linda Kasabian, a more recent and squeamish recruit, was left to stand guard at the gate.

Plenty of non-conservatives are squeamish about 20-plus-week abortions.

Yet so squeamish did he become when once the official mantle had descended upon his shoulders, that even the exclamations “lud!”

Even for the most squeamish the discomforts of the voyage lay behind.

Had you not been so over squeamish you might have changed the children, and made your own son the heir of the Moncton.

Those who are responsible are squeamish as to the appearance of delicacy in the conduct of a young girl.

True humanity consists not in a squeamish ear, but in listening to the story of human suffering and endeavoring to relieve it.

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