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Squeamish - What does it mean?

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squeamish

English

Alternative forms

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

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseated or nervous
    • He might have made a good doctor, had he not been so squeamish about the sight of blood.

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.