squeamishness

/'skwi:miʃnis/

Thân thiện

The nurse felt a wave of squeamishness while changing the bandage.

Definition

Noun: 1. Excessive fastidiousness or being easily shocked or disgusted: The quality or state of being overly sensitive, easily nauseated, or morally scrupulous to the point of discomfort. 2. A mild state of nausea: A physical feeling of sickness or queasiness.

Usage and Examples

• The squeamishness of the audience meant the horror film had to cut several graphic scenes.
• A surgeon cannot afford any squeamishness when performing an operation.
• The smell from the garbage caused a sudden wave of squeamishness.

Advanced Usage

• "To overcome one's squeamishness": To deliberately act against one's feelings of nausea or moral discomfort.
  • She had to overcome her squeamishness to help clean the wounded animal.

Variants and Related Words

• Squeamish (adjective): Having the quality of squeamishness.
  • He is too squeamish to watch medical documentaries.

Synonyms

• Fastidiousness
• Queasiness
• Delicacy
• Nausea

Antonyms

• Hardiness
• Toughness
• Unflappability

Học thuật

Noun

1. the trait of being excessively fastidious and easily shocked
   • the program was withdrawn because of the squeamishness of some viewers
   • he refused to allow squeamishness to deter him from his duty
2. a mild state of nausea

Từ đồng nghĩa

• queasiness
• qualm