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squeamish

2 syllables
adjective
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As an adjective, squeamish means easily shocked, sickened or frightened.

Meanings of squeamish

3 meanings

adjective

  1. Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.

    “He might have made a good doctor, had he not been so squeamish at the sight of blood.”

  2. Averse or reluctant.

  3. 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”

    Similar: dainty, nice, overnice, prissy

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
daintyniceoverniceprissy

Words that rhyme with squeamish

beamish

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