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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024squeam•ish /ˈskwimɪʃ/USA pronunciation adj. - easily made sick to the stomach:too squeamish to attend horror movies.
- easily shocked by evil, dishonesty, treachery, etc.
squeam•ish•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024squeam•ish (skwē′mish),USA pronunciation adj. - fastidious or dainty.
- easily shocked by anything slightly immodest;
prudish. - excessively particular or scrupulous as to the moral aspect of things.
- easily nauseated or disgusted:to get squeamish at the sight of blood.
- Anglo-French escoymous; ulterior origin, originally uncertain
- late Middle English squemish, alteration (conformed to -ish1) of squemes, squaymes, alteration of squaymous 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged modest.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged finical, finicky, delicate, exacting.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged –3. bold.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: squeamish /ˈskwiːmɪʃ/ adj - easily sickened or nauseated, as by the sight of blood
- easily shocked; fastidious or prudish
- easily frightened: squeamish about spiders
Etymology: 15th Century: from Anglo-French escoymous, of unknown originˈsqueamishly adv ˈsqueamishness n |