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1 squeamish
squeamish ['skwi:mɪʃ](a) (oversensitive) trop émotif, impressionnable;∎ it makes me feel squeamish ça me donne mal au cœur;∎ I'm very squeamish about the sight of blood je ne supporte pas la vue du sang;∎ she's squeamish about physical violence elle ne supporte pas les scènes de violence;∎ he was too squeamish even to taste it il n'a même pas eu le courage d'y goûter;∎ don't be so squeamish ne fais pas le délicat;∎ he wasn't squeamish about evicting them in the middle of winter il n'a eu aucun scrupule à les expulser en plein hiver∎ the squeamish les âmes fpl sensibles, les petites natures fpl;∎ this film is not for the squeamish ce film n'est pas conseillé aux âmes sensibles -
2 squeamish
1 ( easily sickened) qui a l'estomac délicat ; ( by screen violence etc) impressionnable ; don't be so squeamish! ne fais pas le délicat! ; he's too squeamish to be a surgeon il est trop émotif pour devenir chirurgien ; he's squeamish about snakes les serpents le dégoûtent ; this film is not for the squeamish ce film n'est pas pour les âmes sensibles ;2 ( prudish) prude. -
3 squeamish
adjective* * *squeam·ish[ˈskwi:mɪʃ]he is \squeamish about seeing blood er ekelt sich vor Blutsb feels \squeamish jdm ist schlecht [o übelII. nto not be for the \squeamish nichts für schwache Nerven sein* * *['skwiːmɪʃ]adjperson (= easily nauseated) empfindlich, heikel (dial); (= easily shocked) zartbesaitet, empfindlichit gave me a squeamish feeling in my stomach —
I felt a bit squeamish about telling him the bad news — mir war gar nicht wohl dabei, dass ich ihm die schlechte Nachricht mitteilen musste
don't be so squeamish — sei nicht so zimperlich
* * *squeamish [ˈskwiːmıʃ] adj (adv squeamishly)1. (über)empfindlich, zimperlich2. penibel, übergewissenhaft3. heikel (im Essen etc)4. (leicht) Ekel empfindend:I felt squeamish mir wurde komisch im Magen* * *adjective* * *adj.zimperlich adj.
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