Vocabulary Word
Word: squeamish
Definition: easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things; fastidious; Ex. A nurse should not be squeamish.
Definition: easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things; fastidious; Ex. A nurse should not be squeamish.
Sentences Containing 'squeamish'
Such squeamish youths as can not bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret.
I am not squeamish in such cases when manners are concerned.
Yet, for my part, I was never unusually squeamish; I could sometimes eat a fried rat with a good relish, if it were necessary.
That lady is more mighty than dainty, she is no way squeamish, she devours all and is ready for all, and fills her alforjas with people of all sorts, ages, and ranks.
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