squeamishness
3
7.6
- noun
- /ˈskwiːmɪʃnəs/
:
inquietud
- Her squeamishness about the prospect of giving a speech left her feeling anxious and uncomfortable.
- overcome squeamishness
- felt no squeamishness
- own squeamishness
Examples
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His squeamishness prevented him from watching horror movies, as the blood and violence made him feel sick.
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He'd long ago accepted his own squeamishness on that count.
Fiction book (2001) -
But some parents may be reluctant because of squeamishness or cultural attitudes.
Blog text (6) -
My friend hurt her frenulum once and showed me, and now I have total squeamishness about that.
Blog text (7) -
But soon he got her thinking so hard about her technique that all squeamishness vanished.
Fiction book (1995) -
"I realize it's probably more about my squeamishness with the thought of her becoming sexually active than the vaccination itself," Stewart says.
Blog text (30) -
In both cases, the face of passion causes an unpleasant feeling close to squeamishness.
Academic text (2003) -
You may call it a failure of nerve or late-blooming squeamishness.
Blog text (28) -
Masked and gowned as in an operating theater for humans, Leslie felt no squeamishness when Carl made his neat incision into the shaved skin patch in the fur of the anesthetized cat.
Fiction book (2001) -
Children often show squeamishness when they see dirt or insects, reacting with disgust.
Synonyms
18
6.3
A strong feeling of disgust at something very unpleasant
3
5.8
A sick feeling in the stomach and a bit of worry
3
6.2
A strong feeling of dislike and disgust
Antonyms
How Sensitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Squeamishness: A helpful way to remember squeamishness is to think of an old verb squeam meaning 'to feel sick' and the familiar word queasy. That's why squeamishness means being easily made to feel sick or disgusted.