squeamish

adj.

1. 1. Easily nauseated or sickened.
   2. Nauseated.
2. Easily shocked or disgusted.
3. Excessively fastidious or scrupulous.

[Middle English squeimous, alteration of Anglo-Norman escoymous.]

squeamishly squea'mish·ly adv.
squeamishness squea'mish·ness n.

adjective

Very difficult to please: choosy, dainty, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, persnickety. Informal picky. See accept/reject.

adj

Definition: nauseous; finicky
Antonyms: ready, unpicky, willing

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IN BRIEF: Easily made sick to the stomach. Also: Easily shocked.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - utilpas, som let får kvalme, sart

Nederlands (Dutch)
bangig, (snel) misselijk

Français (French)
adj. - qui a des nausées, très pudique, très scrupuleux, délicat

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zimperlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σιχασιάρης, εύθικτος, μυγιάγγιχτος

Italiano (Italian)
schizzinoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - delicado

Русский (Russian)
привередливый, брезгливый, подверженный тошноте, чувствительный, щепетильный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - delicado, remilgado, demasiado escrupuloso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - som lätt får kväljningar, lättstött, överkänslig, kräsen, kinkig, samvetsöm

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
过于拘谨的, 神经质的, 洁癖的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 過於拘謹的, 神經質的, 潔癖的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 몹시 딱딱한, 지나치게 까다로운, 매스꺼운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 吐き気がする, むかつきやすい, 気難しい, 潔癖すぎる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سريع الغثيان, مفرط في الاحتشام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עדין-נפש, איסטניס, רגיש, פגיע, קפדני, נוקדני‬

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