| ADJECTIVE | all | squeamish, dainty, nice, overnice, prissy | excessively fastidious and easily disgusted |
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| Sounds | skwiy'mihsh | |
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| Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... | |
| Meaning | excessively fastidious and easily disgusted. | |
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| Example | "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" | |
| Synonyms | dainty, nice, overnice, prissy | |
| Broader | fastidious | Giving careful attention to detail |
| Spanish | escrupuloso, puntilloso, quisquilloso | |
| Catalan | escrupulós, primmirat | |
| Nouns | squeamishness | the trait of being excessively fastidious and easily shocked |
| squeamishness | a mild state of nausea | |
| Adverbs | squeamishly | in a squeamish manner |
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