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squeamish

[ skwee-mish ]

adjective

  1. fastidious or dainty.

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  2. easily shocked by anything slightly immodest; prudish.

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

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  4. easily nauseated or disgusted:

    to get squeamish at the sight of blood.



squeamish

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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

  • ˈ²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹³ŸŸ±²õ³ó²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹³ŸŸ±²õ³ó±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹³Ÿî€ƒi²õ³ó·±ô²â adverb
  • ²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹³Ÿî€ƒi²õ³ó·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ŽÇv±ð°ù·²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹³Ÿî€ƒi²õ³ó adjective
  • over·²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹³Ÿî€ƒi²õ³ó·±ô²â adverb
  • over·²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹³Ÿî€ƒi²õ³ó·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹³Ÿî€ƒi²õ³ó adjective
  • un·²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹³Ÿî€ƒi²õ³ó·±ô²â adverb
  • un·²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹³Ÿî€ƒi²õ³ó·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog 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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of squeamish1

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

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O’Hara, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, Salvador Dalí and “Perry Mason,” will no doubt forge his own radically questioning path in a production that promises not to be squeamish about blood.

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While polls suggest tackling the benefits bill is popular, voters and Labour MPs tend to be more squeamish when cuts affect disabled people.

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There’s an extended squeamish groan when, having seized and fired a boiling gun, it doesn’t occur to him to drop it.

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You hope you don’t poke someone in the eye, but if you’re using one, it’s a life-or-death emergency, so it’s no time to be squeamish.

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HBO has never been squeamish about killing main characters — Bean, who was the star of “Game of Thrones,” did not make it to Season 2 — but are viewers ready for a show without Pascal?

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