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Antonyms for squeamishness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : skwee-mish |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskwi mɪʃ |
Definition of squeamishness
Origin :- mid-15c., variant of squoymous "disdainful, fastidious" (c.1300), from Anglo-French *escoymous, which is of unknown origin.
- He was somdel squaymousOf fartyng, and of speche daungerous[Chaucer, "Miller's Tale," c.1386]
- As in nausea : noun sickness in stomach; revulsion
- As in scruple : noun misgiving, doubt
- A few weeks of campaigning, he said, would soon cure me of my squeamishness.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- They are sure of treble pay, and besides, are not troubled with squeamishness.
- Extract from : « The Light of Scarthey » by Egerton Castle
- It is not likely that I shall be charged with squeamishness on this question.
- Extract from : « The Humbugs of the World » by P. T. Barnum
- It was Lund's apparent callousness that affected him more than his own squeamishness.
- Extract from : « A Man to His Mate » by J. Allan Dunn
- One of the functions of the moisture-reclaimers was a rough joke, or a squeamishness.
- Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- Whitefield, very happily for thousands, had no squeamishness of this sort.
- Extract from : « George Whitefield » by Joseph Belcher
- But how these Ends are compassed, he has no squeamishness, or Scruples about it.
- Extract from : « A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage » by Jeremy Collier
- Vaniman, in that crisis in his affairs, was not affected by squeamishness.
- Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
- Be that as it may, he appeared to have forgotten his squeamishness.
- Extract from : « The Alternative » by George Barr McCutcheon
- They ridicule our squeamishness; we stand amazed at their indelicacy.
- Extract from : « Caricature and Other Comic Art » by James Parton.
Synonyms for squeamishness
- abhorrence
- anxiety
- aversion
- biliousness
- caution
- censor
- compunction
- conscience
- demur
- difficulty
- disgust
- faltering
- hatred
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- loathing
- offense
- pause
- perplexity
- qualm
- qualms
- queasiness
- reconsideration
- regurgitation
- rejection
- reluctance
- reluctancy
- repugnance
- retching
- second thought
- squeamishness
- superego
- twinge
- uneasiness
- vomiting
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