Synonyms of squeamish

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adjective

as in sick

affected with nausea

the rolling of the ship made her squeamish

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sick
• queasy
• nauseous
• ill
• sickish
• nauseated
• upset
• queazy
• unsettled
• qualmish
• queer
• queerish
• sickly
• green
• woozy
• peaky
• peaked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• well
• healthy
• settled

squeamishness

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noun

1

as in nausea

a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting

an ever-rising squeamishness suddenly overwhelmed her, and she ran for the bathroom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nausea
• sickness
• queasiness
• queerness
• nauseousness
• qualm
• qualmishness
• seasickness
• motion sickness
• airsickness
• mountain sickness
• morning sickness
• altitude sickness
• car sickness

2

as in queasiness

the tendency to be or state of being squeamish

his general squeamishness makes him a terrible choice as a lab partner for a dissection

Synonyms & Similar Words

• queasiness
• fastidiousness
• delicacy
• finickiness
• daintiness
• fussiness
• qualmishness
• finicalness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indelicacy
• boldness
• gutsiness