Squeamish — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

excessively fastidious and easily disgusted

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/skwˈiːmɪʃ/

🇬🇧British English

/skwˈiːmɪʃ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/skwˈiːmɪʃ/

2 syllables Say it as /skwˈiːmɪʃ/.

Examples

too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dainty overnice nice prissy

Parts of Speech

adjective

excessively fastidious and easily disgusted

“too nice about his food to take to camp cooking”

Word Forms

squeamishness

noun

a mild state of nausea

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

zimperlich

übermäßig wählerisch und leicht angeekelt

🇫🇷French

délicat

excessivement pointilleux et facilement dégoûté

🇪🇸Spanish

delicado

excesivamente fastidioso y fácilmente disgustado

🇮🇹Italian

schizzinoso

eccessivamente meticoloso e facilmente disgustabile

🇳🇱Dutch

preuts

overdreven kieskeurig en gemakkelijk walgend

🇵🇹Portuguese

melindroso

excessivamente exigente e facilmente enojado

🇷🇺Russian

брезгливый

чрезмерно привередлив и легко вызывает отвращение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नकचढ़ा

अत्यधिक नकचढ़ा और आसानी से घृणित

🇮🇳Tamil

கசக்கும்

அதிக வேகமான மற்றும் எளிதில் அருவருப்பானது

🇮🇳Telugu

చిరాకు

చాలా వేగంగా మరియు సులభంగా అసహ్యంగా ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

चिडखोर

अत्यंत निष्ठुर आणि सहज घृणास्पद

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચીકણું

અતિશય કપટપૂર્ણ અને સરળતાથી અણગમો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೀರಲು

ಅತಿಯಾದ ವೇಗದ ಮತ್ತು ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಅಸಹ್ಯಕರ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഞെരുക്കമുള്ള

അമിത വേഗതയുള്ളതും എളുപ്പത്തിൽ വെറുപ്പുളവാക്കുന്നതുമാണ്

🇵🇰Urdu

چیخنے والا

ضرورت سے زیادہ فاسد اور آسانی سے ناگوار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

娇气的

过分挑剔，容易反感

🇯🇵Japanese

きしむ

過度に潔癖で、すぐに嫌悪感を抱く

🇰🇷Korean

시끄러운

지나치게 까다롭고 쉽게 싫증을 낸다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khó chịu

quá khó tính và dễ chán ghét

🇹🇭Thai

คลื่นไส้

จุกจิกมากเกินไปและรังเกียจง่าย

🇮🇩Indonesian

mudah tersinggung

terlalu rewel dan mudah merasa jijik

🇵🇭Filipino

makulit

masyadong madaldal at madaling mainis

🇲🇾Malay

semput

terlalu cerewet dan mudah meluat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شديد الحساسية

شديد الحساسية ويشعر بالاشمئزاز بسهولة

🇮🇷Persian

نازک نارنجی

بیش از حد سختگیر و به راحتی منزجر می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

alıngan

aşırı titiz ve kolayca tiksinti duyan

🇮🇱Hebrew

רָגִישׁ

קפדן יתר על המידה ומגעיל בקלות

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