Squeamish

Pronunciation

Alternate forms

• sweamish, swaimish dialectal
• squeimish, squemish, squeamous obsolete

Origin

From an alteration of earlier squeamous, substituting -ous for -ish.

Full definition of squeamish

Adjective

1. easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseated or nervousHe might have made a good doctor, had he not been so squeamish about the sight of blood.