SQUEAMISH


Meaning of SQUEAMISH in English

[adjective] - easily upset or shocked by things which you find unpleasant or which you do not approve ofShe's really squeamish and can't stand the sight of blood.Many cooks are squeamish about putting live shellfish into boiling water.'The Silence of the Lambs' is an entertaining but violent movie and is not for the squeamish.A campaign to inform people about AIDS has been attacked by pressure groups made up of the morally squeamish.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.