squeamishness

1
as in nausea
a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting an ever-rising squeamishness suddenly overwhelmed her, and she ran for the bathroom

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as in queasiness
the tendency to be or state of being squeamish his general squeamishness makes him a terrible choice as a lab partner for a dissection

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Noun
  • Children are more likely to experience nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, while adults are more likely to experience heartburn and chest pain.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Stephen Curry gets most of the blame for this national nausea over 3-pointers.
    Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The program will grant them access to insurance for sickness and maternity, work risks, disability and life, retirement, and for severance in advanced age and old age.
    Fernanda González, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Outside, in the buttery December sunlight, Rowan and Amelia vowed to cherish each other always, in sickness and in health, in poverty and wealth.
    Becca Andrews, Them, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • More often, the broad sweep of history serves as recurrent inspiration for designers, such as Italian Renaissance paintings for Maria Grazia Chiuri at Christian Dior, Medieval tapestries for Dries van Noten, or 18th-century delicacies evoked by John Galliano and Christian Louboutin.
    Lisa Klaassen and Serene Nourrisson, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Packaged suet, cakes of beef fat mixed with seeds, corn meal, peanuts, mealworms, and other avian delicacies, is available commercially.
    George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Squeamishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeamishness. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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