'Squeamish' definitions:
Definition of 'squeamish'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Squeamish'
From: GCIDE
- Squeamish \Squeam"ish\ (skw[=e]m"[i^]sh), a. [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. sveimr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a giddiness, AS. sw[imac]ma. The word has been perhaps confused with qualmish. Cf. Swim to be dizzy.] Having a stomach that is easily turned or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties. [1913 Webster]
- Quoth he, that honor's very squeamish That takes a basting for a blemish. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
- His muse is rustic, and perhaps too plain The men of squeamish taste to entertain. --Southern. [1913 Webster]
- So ye grow squeamish, Gods, and sniff at heaven. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Fastidious; dainty; overnice; scrupulous. See Fastidious. [1913 Webster] -- {Squeam"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Squeam"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'squeamish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airsick,
- barfy,
- bashful,
- boggling,
- carsick,
- critical,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- demurring,
- difficult,
- diffident,
- dizzy,
- exacting,
- faltering,
- fastidious,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- finikin,
- fuddy-duddy,
- fuss-budgety,
- fussy,
- hard to please,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- meticulous,
- modest,
- nauseated,
- nauseous,
- nice,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- pawky,
- pernickety,
- persnickety,
- prudish,
- pukish,
- puky,
- punctilious,
- qualmish,
- qualmy,
- queasy,
- queer,
- scrupulous,
- seasick,
- shaky,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- stickling,
- unsettled,
- upset,
- vertiginous