Squeamish

/ˈskwiːmɪʃ/

Synonyms for "squeamish" (73 found)

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Closest matches (15)

airsick barfy bashful boggling carsick critical dainty delicate demanding demurring difficult diffident

Adjective(3 words)

Strong matches (22)

dizzy exacting faltering fastidious finical finicking finicky finikin fuddy-duddy fuss-budgety fussy gingerlyhard to pleasehesitant hesitating meticulous mincing modest nauseated

Adjective(3 words)

fastidious finicky nauseated

Related words (36)

nauseous niceold maidpainstaking particular pawky pernickety persnickety precious prudish pukish puky punctilious qualmish qualmy queasy queer scrupulous seasick shaky

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shrinking shy sick spineless stickling unsettled unwell upset vertiginous

Adjective(1 words)

nervous

Adjective(6 words)

nice overnice particular prissy prudish queasy

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More general

3 entries

behavioral traitemotional statemoral attitude

More specific

7 entries

disgust fastidiousness finickinessmoral delicacynausea prudishness queasiness

Collocations

6 entries

blood bloodshed goregraphic detailgraphic violenceviolent content

Inflections

2 entries

more squeamishmost squeamish

Derivations

2 entries

squeamishly squeamishness

similar

1 entries

fastidious

Sample sentences

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Tom was very squeamish and would pass out at the sight of blood.

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Tom is very squeamish and passes out at the sight of blood.

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Now isn't the time to get squeamish.

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Tom isn't the squeamish type.

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