squeamish
[ skwee-mish ]
/ ˈskwi mɪʃ /
adjective
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.
Origin of squeamish
1400–50; late Middle English
squemish, alteration (conformed to
-ish1) of
squemes, squaymes, alteration of
squaymous < Anglo-French
escoymous; ulterior origin uncertain
SYNONYMS FOR squeamish
OTHER WORDS FROM squeamish
Words nearby squeamish
squeaker,
squeaky,
squeaky wheel gets the grease,
squeaky-clean,
squeal,
squeamish,
squee,
squeegee,
squeezable,
squeeze,
squeeze bottle
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British Dictionary definitions for squeamish
squeamish
/ (ˈskwiːmɪʃ) /
adjective
easily sickened or nauseated, as by the sight of blood
easily shocked; fastidious or prudish
easily frightened
squeamish about spiders
Derived forms of squeamish
squeamishly, adverb squeamishness, nounWord Origin for squeamish
C15: from Anglo-French
escoymous, of unknown origin