squeamishly

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

squeam•ish /ˈskwimɪʃ/   adj. 

1. easily made sick to the stomach:
   too squeamish to attend horror movies.
2. easily shocked by evil, dishonesty, treachery, etc.

squeam•ish•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

squeam•ish  (skwē′mish), adj. 

1. fastidious or dainty.
2. easily shocked by anything slightly immodest;
   prudish.
3. excessively particular or scrupulous as to the moral aspect of things.
4. easily nauseated or disgusted:
   to get squeamish at the sight of blood.

• Anglo-French escoymous; ulterior origin, originally uncertain
• late Middle English squemish, alteration (conformed to -ish¹) of squemes, squaymes, alteration of squaymous 1400–50

squeam′ish•ly, adv. 
squeam′ish•ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. modest.
• 3. finical, finicky, delicate, exacting.

Antonyms

• 1. –3. bold.