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Squeamish vs Unsqueamish - What's the difference?

squeamish | unsqueamish |

As adjectives the difference between squeamish and unsqueamish

is that squeamish is easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseated or nervous while unsqueamish is not squeamish.

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.

    unsqueamish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not squeamish.