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squeamish
squea·mish S0684700 (skwē′mĭsh)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.]
squea′mish·ly adv.squea′mish·ness n.squeamish (ˈskwiːmɪʃ) adj1. easily sickened or nauseated, as by the sight of blood2. easily shocked; fastidious or prudish3. easily frightened: squeamish about spiders. [C15: from Anglo-French escoymous, of unknown origin] ˈsqueamishly adv ˈsqueamishness nsqueam•ish (ˈskwi mɪʃ)
adj. 1. easily disgusted. 2. fastidious or dainty. 3. easily shocked; prudish. 4. excessively particular or scrupulous as to the moral aspect of things. [1400–50; late Middle English squemish, alter. (conformed to -ish1) of squemes, squaymes, alter. of squaymous < Anglo-French escoymous] squeam′ish•ly, adv. squeam′ish•ness, n. Thesaurus| 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, nicefastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" |
squeamishadjective1. queasy, sick, nauseous, queer, sickish, qualmish I feel squeamish at the sight of blood.
queasy strong-stomached2. fastidious, particular, delicate, nice (rare), scrupulous, prudish, prissy (informal), finicky, strait-laced, punctilious A meeting with this man is not for the socially squeamish.
fastidious tough, bold, coarse, earthy, brazen, wanton, brassy, immodestsqueamishadjectiveVery difficult to please:choosy, dainty, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, persnickety.Informal: picky.Translationsfacile alla nauseaschizzinososqueamish
Synonyms for squeamishadj queasySynonyms- queasy
- sick
- nauseous
- queer
- sickish
- qualmish
Antonymsadj fastidiousSynonyms- fastidious
- particular
- delicate
- nice
- scrupulous
- prudish
- prissy
- finicky
- strait-laced
- punctilious
Antonyms- tough
- bold
- coarse
- earthy
- brazen
- wanton
- brassy
- immodest
Synonyms for squeamishadj very difficult to pleaseSynonyms- choosy
- dainty
- exacting
- fastidious
- finical
- finicky
- fussy
- meticulous
- nice
- particular
- persnickety
- picky
Synonyms for squeamishadj excessively fastidious and easily disgustedSynonymsRelated Words |