squeamish

English

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Adjective

squeamish (comparative more squeamish, superlative most squeamish)

1. easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseous or nervous

   He might have made a good doctor, had he not been so squeamish about the sight of blood.

Translations

easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseous or nervous

• Dutch: teergevoelig (nl), snel misselijk (nl)
• Finnish: herkkähermoinen (fi)
• German: empfindlich (de), zimperlich (de)
• Hungarian: finnyás (hu)

• Norwegian: pysete (no)
• Russian: чувствительный (ru) (čuvstvítelʹnyj) (sensitive), обидчивый (ru) (obídčivyj) (touchy, easily taking offense), брезгливый (ru) (brezglívyj) (fastidious, mincing)
• Swedish: äckelmagad (sv)