squeamish

About 0.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.

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

2. adjective Averse or reluctant.

Similar words

dainty overnice fastidious nice prissy carsick sick dizzy tricky soft

Often followed by

about and in to as or at than when

Word family

squeamishly squeamishness squeamishnesses