"squeamish" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈskwiːmɪʃ/ Audio: en-us-squeamish.ogg Forms: more squeamish [comparative], most squeamish [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːmɪʃ Etymology: Origin obscure. Likely a merger of earlier squeamous (“squeamish”), from Middle English squaimous, queimous, from Anglo-Norman escoimus, escoymous, of unknown origin; and dialectal English sweamish, sweemish (“faint, squeamish”), from sweam (“dizziness, sudden qualm of sickness”) and dialectal sweem (“to swoon, be faint, be overcome, feel sick”), from Middle English swemen (“to grieve, make suffer, be faint of heart”), from Old English *swǣman (“to grieve, trouble, afflict”). If so, then related to swim (“to be dizzy, swoon”). See also sweam. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|obscure}} obscure, {{der|en|enm|squaimous}} Middle English squaimous, {{der|en|xno|escoimus}} Anglo-Norman escoimus, {{unk|en|nocap=1}} unknown, {{m+|en|sweamish}} English sweamish, {{der|en|enm|swemen|t=to grieve, make suffer, be faint of heart}} Middle English swemen (“to grieve, make suffer, be faint of heart”), {{der|en|ang|*swǣman|t=to grieve, trouble, afflict}} Old English *swǣman (“to grieve, trouble, afflict”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} squeamish (comparative more squeamish, superlative most squeamish)
  1. Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive. Translations (easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated): гнуслив (gnusliv) (Bulgarian), citlivý [masculine] (Czech), choulostivý [masculine] (Czech), berøringsangst (Danish), teergevoelig (Dutch), snel misselijk (Dutch), kleinzerig (Dutch), herkkähermoinen (Finnish), empfindlich (German), zimperlich (German), finnyás (Hungarian), kényes (Hungarian), émelygésre hajlamos (Hungarian), samhnasach (Irish), fastīdiōsus (Latin), pysete (Norwegian), wrażliwy [masculine] (Polish), чувстви́тельный (čuvstvítelʹnyj) (english: sensitive) (Russian), оби́дчивый (obídčivyj) (english: touchy, easily taking offense) (Russian), брезгли́вый (brezglívyj) (english: fastidious, mincing) (Russian), remilgado (Spanish), quisquilloso (Spanish), aprensivo (Spanish), asquiento (Spanish), äckelmagad (Swedish), mjäkig (Swedish), pjoskig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-squeamish-en-adj-Tjbsfpjf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated': 99 1
  2. Averse or reluctant. Translations (averse or reluctant): fanyalgós (english: adjective; habitually) (Hungarian), fanyalog [also, verb] (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-squeamish-en-adj-RagZZUE4 Disambiguation of 'averse or reluctant': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sweamish, swaimish [dialectal], squeimish, squemish, squeamous [obsolete]

Alternative forms

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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sweamish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "swaimish"
    },
    {
      "word": "squeimish"
    },
    {
      "word": "squemish"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "squeamous"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gnusliv",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "гнуслив"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "citlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "choulostivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "berøringsangst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "teergevoelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "snel misselijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "kleinzerig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "herkkähermoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "empfindlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "zimperlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "finnyás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "kényes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "émelygésre hajlamos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "samhnasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "fastīdiōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "pysete"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wrażliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "sensitive",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čuvstvítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "чувстви́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "touchy, easily taking offense",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obídčivyj",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "оби́дчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "fastidious, mincing",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brezglívyj",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "брезгли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "remilgado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "quisquilloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "aprensivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "asquiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "äckelmagad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "mjäkig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated",
      "word": "pjoskig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "adjective; habitually",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "averse or reluctant",
      "word": "fanyalgós"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "raw_tags": [
        "for a single occasion"
      ],
      "sense": "averse or reluctant",
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "fanyalog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "squeamish"
}

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