squeamish
/ˈskwiːmɪʃ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈskwiːmɪʃ/
squeamish
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Short i vowel
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squea - mish -> squeamish
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ ရွံတတ်၊ ကြောက်တတ်၊ ရှက် တတ်လွန်းသော။ ပျို့အန်လွယ်သော။ be squeamish about killing spiders/seeing dead bodies.
၂။ အကျင့်သိက္ခာ စောင့်ထိန်းမှုကဲလွန်သော။
Less squeamish nations will not hesitate to sell them arms.
❏ the squeamish n [pl v ] ရွံတတ်၊ ကြောက်တတ်၊ ရှက် တတ်လွန်းသူများ။
an explicit and violent film, definitely not for the squeamish. squeamishly adv squeamishness n [U]
Synonyms
delicate, easily upset, easily offended, prudish, straitlaced, particular, fastidious, annoyed, captious, cowardly, disgusted, dizzy, exacting, fussy, hypercritical, hysterical, mincing, nauseated; finicky, nauseous, prim, puritanical, qualmish, queasy, queer, scrupulous, shaky, sick, sick to one's stomach, sickly, strait-laced, uncompromising, unsettled, upset, vertiginous, woozy
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