squeamishness

  • 61squeamish — UK [ˈskwiːmɪʃ] / US [ˈskwɪmɪʃ] adjective easily shocked or upset by something unpleasant Derived word: squeamishness noun uncountable …

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  • 62squeamish — /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.… …

  • 63ναυσιάσεως — ναυσιάσεω̆ς , ναυσίασις squeamishness fem gen sg (attic) …

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  • 64ναυσίασις — squeamishness fem nom sg …

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  • 65nausea — [n] sickness in stomach; revulsion abhorrence, aversion, biliousness, disgust, hatred, loathing, offense, qualm, qualms, queasiness, regurgitation, rejection, repugnance, retching, squeamishness, vomiting; concepts 316,410 …

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  • 66scruple — [n] misgiving, doubt anxiety, caution, censor, compunction, conscience, demur, difficulty, faltering, hesitancy, hesitation, pause, perplexity, qualm, reconsideration, reluctance, reluctancy, second thought*, squeamishness, superego, twinge,… …

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  • 67bhares- : bhores- —     bhares : bhores     English meaning: point, stubble (with formants)     Deutsche Übersetzung: “Emporstehendes, Spitze, Borste”     Note: With s extension     Material: bhars Lat. fastigium (*bharsti ) “ the gable end, pediment of a roof;… …

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  • 68squeamish — ► ADJECTIVE 1) easily nauseated or disgusted. 2) having fastidious moral views. DERIVATIVES squeamishly adverb squeamishness noun. ORIGIN Old French escoymos …

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  • 69squeamishly — squeamish ► ADJECTIVE 1) easily nauseated or disgusted. 2) having fastidious moral views. DERIVATIVES squeamishly adverb squeamishness noun. ORIGIN Old French escoymos …

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  • 70squeamish — [skwē′mish] adj. [ME squaymysch, earlier squaimous < Anglo Fr escoimous, orig., disdainful, shy] 1. having a digestive system that is easily upset; easily nauseated; queasy 2. easily shocked or offended; prudish 3. excessively fastidious;… …

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