squeamish
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Synonyms for squeamish
Synonyms
ill, nauseated, nauseous, qualmish, queasy (also queazy), queer, queerish, sick, sickish
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Some people are squeamish about cutting raw chicken. — Cathy Barrow, The Denver Post, "The good old cabbage roll turns over a new leaf," 26 Aug. 2019 Some people are squeamish about cutting raw chicken. — Washington Post, "Fragrant ginger and sesame chicken packets are a new way to roll with cabbage," 20 Aug. 2019 Even restrooms, which make many a BART rider squeamish, ranked higher, with 40.6% rating them good or excellent, up from 35.2% the prior year. — Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, "BART stations are getting cleaner, especially elevators, passenger survey says," 21 Aug. 2019 Escargot is a palate opener and, even for the most squeamish of diners, is worthy of trying in a place like Edwins. — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, "Edwins serves fine French dishes with a cause (review, photos)," 15 Aug. 2019 The Procedure Liposuction is an outpatient procedure and performed under local or general anesthesia, depending on the number of areas, the quantity of fat removed and each patient's individual squeamish tolerance. — Kaitlin Clark, Allure, "Everything You Need to Know About Liposuction Surgery," 30 July 2019 Even the financial flexibility to add Kimbrel emerged from a squeamish place. — Andy Mccullough, latimes.com, "Cubs add closer Craig Kimbrel and Dodgers get company in N.L. pennant race," 5 June 2019 The ban on public grooming exists because some people are more squeamish than others. — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, "Miss Manners: Our guests got sulky over dinner arrangements," 25 July 2019 Many big meat producers abandoned antibiotics because their customers became squeamish about eating animals stuffed with drugs. — The Economist, "Attack of the superbugs: July 2041," 5 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'squeamish.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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