Meaning
2 sensesEasily 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.
empfindlich, zimperlich
чувстви́тельныйčuvstvítelʹnyj, оби́дчивыйobídčivyj, брезгли́выйbrezglívyj
Averse or reluctant.
- excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
Examples
16 sentencesNow isn't the time to get squeamish.
I'm a little squeamish.
Tom isn't the squeamish type.
ruТом не из брезгливых.
I'm just a little squeamish.
Are you squeamish?
Translations
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Origin
Origin obscure. Likely a merger of earlier squeamous (“squeamish”), from Middle English sqOrigin obscure. Likely a merger of earlier squeamous (“squeamish”), from Middle English squaimous, queimous, from Anglo-Norman escoimus, escoymous, of unknown origin; and dialectal English sweamish, sweemish (“faint, squeamish”), from sweam (“dizziness, sudden qualm of sickness”) and dialectal sweem (“to swoon, be faint, be overcome, feel sick”), from Middle English swemen (“to grieve, make suffer, be faint of heart”), from Old English *swǣman (“to grieve, trouble, afflict”). If so, then related to swim (“to be dizzy, swoon”). See also sweam.
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Forms
more squeamish, most squeamish| Comparative | more squeamish Lesson |
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| Superlative | most squeamish Lesson |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form