Squeamish (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- She was so squeamish about germs that she always wore gloves when riding public transportation.
- He was too squeamish to participate in the dissection of the frog in his biology class.
- As a squeamish eater, she found it difficult to stomach the idea of eating at a street food stall.
- Despite being a nurse, she was surprisingly squeamish and often fainted at the sight of blood.
- His squeamish nature made it impossible for him to watch medical dramas on TV without covering his eyes.