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How to pronounce squeamishness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms qualm, queasiness
Type of nausea, sickness
Derivation squeamish
Type Words
Type of fastidiousness
Derivation squeamish


the program was withdrawn because of the squeamishness of some viewers.
he refused to allow squeamishness to deter him from his duty.

Examples of squeamishness

squeamishness
We'll need to drop any squeamishness about consuming genetically modified crops.
From the time.com
Is it time to get over our squeamishness and learn to savour the taste of bugs?
From the guardian.co.uk
Cyndie has talked her way into this treatment room, despite her own squeamishness.
From the sacbee.com
It's thought that squeamishness is one factor along with fear and simple laziness.
From the express.co.uk
But you lose all sense of squeamishness when you need a lump of tissue to survive.
From the guardian.co.uk
Until recently not anthologised as Dafydd's for reason of editorial squeamishness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Initially, Ms West shared Babbage's squeamishness about putting books to the knife.
From the economist.com
There is no squeamishness involved in taking your clothes to the dry cleaner.
From the time.com
Those scenes were with Ray Winstone, so perhaps her squeamishness is understandable.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Queasiness: a mild state of nausea
  • The trait of being excessively fastidious and easily shocked; "the program was withdrawn because of the squeamishness of some viewers"; "he refused to allow squeamishness to deter him from his duty"
  • Squeamishness may refer to either a mild feeling of nausea or the quality of being easily disgusted or upset. May also cause feeling faint or general uneasiness
  • The quality of being squeamish