squeamish

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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.

{a} fastidious, nice, easily disgusted
If you are squeamish, you are easily upset by unpleasant sights or situations. I am not squeamish about blood
{s} prudish, prim, easily shocked; fastidious; easily nauseated
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties
squaimous
squeamous
squeamishly
{a} fastidiously, nicely, sickly
squeamishness
{n} delicacy, niceness, sickness
don't be squeamish
don't be easily shocked, don't be overly fastidious
squeamishly
in a squeamish manner
squeamishly
in a prudish manner, primly; in a fastidious manner; with a tendency to become nauseated
squeamishly
in a squeamish manner; "`I would rather not touch,' he said squeamishly
squeamishness
The quality of being squeamish
squeamishness
a mild state of nausea
squeamishness
{i} prudishness, primness; fastidiousness; quality of being easily disgusted or nauseated
squeamish
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