squeamish

[skwee-mish] / ˈskwi mɪʃ /

ADJECTIVE

nauseated; finicky

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dizzy fastidious fussy queasy

WEAK

annoyed captious delicate disgusted exacting hypercritical mincing particular prim prudish puritanical qualmish scrupulous shaky sick sick to one's stomach sickly strait-laced unsettled upset vertiginous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

uncritical undemanding

WEAK

ready unpicky willing

Example Sentences

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Then-new Chair Paul Volcker, a personal hero of current boss Jerome Powell, wasn’t squeamish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Hollywood, however, is hardly squeamish when it comes to synchronized jugglers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

In other words, her instincts and approach in the Home Office might make some within the party squeamish.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

But even this nice moment carries a squeamish undercurrent.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2025

His conditioning had made him not so much pitiful as profoundly squeamish.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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