squeamish

  • 21squeamish — a. Fastidious, nice, delicate, finical, particular, hypercritical, dainty, difficult, scrupulous, over nice, hard to please …

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  • 22squeamish — adj 1. prudish, modest, overmodest, coy, demure, shy, reserved; prim, proper, priggish, old maidish, Inf., Derog. nunny. 2. dainty, delicate, finical, finicky, fussy, Inf. fuddy duddy, Inf. pernickety; particular, overparticular, picky, Inf.… …

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  • 23squeamish — squea·mish …

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  • 24squeamish — UK [ˈskwiːmɪʃ] / US [ˈskwɪmɪʃ] adjective easily shocked or upset by something unpleasant Derived word: squeamishness noun uncountable …

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  • 25squeamish — [ˈskwiːmɪʃ] adj easily upset by seeing something that is unpleasant …

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  • 26squeamish — squeam•ish [[t]ˈskwi mɪʃ[/t]] adj. 1) easily disgusted 2) fastidious or dainty 3) easily shocked; prudish 4) excessively particular or scrupulous as to the moral aspect of things • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME squemish, alter. (conformed to ish I) …

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  • 27squeamish — /ˈskwimɪʃ / (say skweemish) adjective 1. easily nauseated or sickened; qualmish. 2. easily shocked by anything slightly immodest; prudish. 3. excessively particular or scrupulous as to the moral aspect of things. 4. fastidious or dainty. 5.… …

  • 28squeamish — adj. 1 easily nauseated or disgusted. 2 fastidious or overscrupulous in questions of propriety, honesty, etc. Derivatives: squeamishly adv. squeamishness n. Etymology: ME var. of squeamous (now dial.), f. AF escoymos, of unkn. orig …

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  • 29The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage — El texto The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage (del inglés «Las Palabras Mágicas son Quebrantahuesos Aprensivo») era la solución de un reto de factorización propuesto por los inventores de RSA en 1977. El problema apareció en la columna de… …

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  • 30the squeamish — squeamish people : people who are easily shocked or offended by unpleasant things The movie is not for the squeamish. • • • Main Entry: ↑squeamish …

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