Associations to the word «Squeamish»

Wiktionary

SQUEAMISH, adjective. Easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseated or nervous

Dictionary definition

SQUEAMISH, adjective. 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".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope