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adjective
1.
fastidious or dainty.
2.
easily shocked by anything slightly immodest; prudish.
3.
excessively particular or scrupulous as to the moral aspect of things.
4.
easily nauseated or disgusted: to get squeamish at the sight of blood.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English squemish, alteration (conformed to -ish1) of squemes, squaymes, alteration of squaymous < Anglo-French escoymous; ulterior origin uncertain
1400–50; late Middle English squemish, alteration (conformed to -ish1) of squemes, squaymes, alteration of squaymous < Anglo-French escoymous; ulterior origin uncertain
Related forms
squeam·ish·ly, adverb
squeam·ish·ness, noun
o·ver·squeam·ish, adjective
o·ver·squeam·ish·ly, adverb
o·ver·squeam·ish·ness, noun
EXPANDSynonyms
1. modest. 3. finical, finicky, delicate, exacting.
1. modest. 3. finical, finicky, delicate, exacting.
Antonyms
1–3. bold.
1–3. bold.
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Squeamish
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- Many fashion designers, you may have noticed, are squeamish about breasts.
- If growth is important to them, they need to become a lot less squeamish about overheads.
- It's the kind of story that makes some people squeamish.
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