squeamish

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• /ˈskwiːmɪʃ/
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Origin obscure. Likely a merger of earlier squeamous (“squeamish”), from Middle English squaimous, queimous, from Anglo-Norman escoimus, escoymous, of unknown origin; and dialectal English sweamish, sweemish (“faint, squeamish”), from sweam (“dizziness, sudden qualm of sickness”) and dialectal sweem (“to swoon, be faint, be overcome, feel sick”), from Middle English swemen (“to grieve, make suffer, be faint of heart”), from Old English *swǣman (“to grieve, trouble, afflict”). If so, then related to swim (“to be dizzy, swoon”). See also sweam.

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: гнуслив (gnusliv) — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Czech: citlivý — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Czech: choulostivý — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Danish: berøringsangst — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Dutch: teergevoelig — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Dutch: snel misselijk — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Dutch: kleinzerig — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Finnish: herkkähermoinen — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• German: empfindlich — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• German: zimperlich — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Hungarian: finnyás — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Hungarian: kényes — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Hungarian: émelygésre hajlamos — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Irish: samhnasach — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Irish: consaeitiúil — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Latin: fastīdiōsus — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Norwegian: pysete — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Persian: نازکنارنجی (nāzoknārenjī) — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Polish: wrażliwy — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Russian: чувстви́тельный (čuvstvítelʹnyj) — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Russian: оби́дчивый (obídčivyj) — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Russian: брезгли́вый (brezglívyj) — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Spanish: remilgado — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Spanish: quisquilloso — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Spanish: aprensivo — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Spanish: asquiento — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Spanish: impresionable — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Spanish: afectable — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Spanish: nauseabundo — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Swedish: äckelmagad — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Swedish: mjäkig — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Swedish: pjoskig — easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseous or nauseated
• Hungarian: fanyalgós — averse or reluctant
• Hungarian: fanyalog — averse or reluctant