Tom was very squeamish and would pass out at the sight of blood.
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Squeamish
//ˈskwiːmɪʃ//
Synonyms for "squeamish" (68 found)
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Related words (34)
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2 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- гнуслив adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Czech
2 entries- choulostivý adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
- citlivý adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Danish
1 entries- berøringsangst adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Dutch
3 entries- kleinzerig adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
- snel misselijk adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
- teergevoelig adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Finnish
1 entries- herkkähermoinen adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
German
2 entries- empfindlich adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
- zimperlich adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Hungarian
4 entries- fanyalgós adj (averse or reluctant)
- fanyalog adj (averse or reluctant)
- finnyás adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
- kényes adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Irish
2 entries- consaeitiúil adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
- samhnasach adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Latin
1 entries- fastīdiōsus adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Norwegian
1 entries- pysete adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Persian
1 entries- نازکنارنجی adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Polish
1 entries- wrażliwy adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Russian
3 entries- брезгли́вый adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
- оби́дчивый adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
- чувстви́тельный adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Spanish
4 entries- afectable adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
- aprensivo adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
- asquiento adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
- impresionable adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Swedish
3 entries- mjäkig adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
- pjoskig adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
- äckelmagad adj (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom is very squeamish and passes out at the sight of blood.
Source: tatoeba (2834339)
Now isn't the time to get squeamish.
Source: tatoeba (3724215)
Tom isn't the squeamish type.
Source: tatoeba (3733268)
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