squeamish

English

Alternative forms

sweamish, swaimish (dialectal)
squeimish, squemish, squeamous (obsolete)

Etymology

Alteration of earlier squeamous, substituting -ous with -ish, from Anglo-Norman escoymous.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskwiːmɪʃ/
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Adjective

squeamish (comparative more squeamish, superlative most squeamish)

easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive
He might have made a good doctor, had he not been so squeamish about the sight of blood.
averse or reluctant

Translations

easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseous or nervous

Czech: citlivý m, choulostivý m
Dutch: teergevoelig (nl), snel misselijk
Finnish: herkkähermoinen
German: empfindlich (de), zimperlich (de)
Hungarian: finnyás (hu)
Irish: samhnasach

Norwegian: pysete
Polish: wrażliwy (pl) m
Russian: чувстви́тельный (ru) (čuvstvítelʹnyj) (sensitive), оби́дчивый (ru) (obídčivyj) (touchy, easily taking offense), брезгли́вый (ru) (brezglívyj) (fastidious, mincing)
Spanish: remilgado (es), quisquilloso (es), aprensivo
Swedish: äckelmagad (sv)

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