Trifles magnified into importance by a squeamish conscience (Macaulay).
SYNONYM(S): fussy.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
squeam´ish|ly — squeam|ish «SKWEE mihsh», adjective. 1. too proper, modest, or decent; easily shocked; prudish: »a squeamish old maid. 2. excessively fastidious or punctilious; too particular; too scrupulous: »Trifles magnified into importance by a squeamish… … Useful english dictionary
squeam|ish — «SKWEE mihsh», adjective. 1. too proper, modest, or decent; easily shocked; prudish: »a squeamish old maid. 2. excessively fastidious or punctilious; too particular; too scrupulous: »Trifles magnified into importance by a squeamish conscience… … Useful english dictionary
squeamish — 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) … From formal English to slang
Squeamish — Squeam ish (skw[=e]m [i^]sh), a. [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. sveimr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a giddiness … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Squeamishly — Squeamish Squeam ish (skw[=e]m [i^]sh), a. [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. sveimr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Squeamishness — Squeamish Squeam ish (skw[=e]m [i^]sh), a. [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. sveimr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
