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sweamish

sweamish adjective: sick, giddy, faint, squeamish.

Adjective

sweamish (comparative more sweamish, superlative most sweamish)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Sick, giddy, faint, squeamish.
  2. (UK, dialectal) Modest, diffident, bashful, awkwardly shy.

Forms of sweamish

comparativemore sweamish
superlativemost sweamish
alternative formsweemish
alternative formswaimish
alternative formswaymish
alternative formswamish
alternative formswaamish
alternative formswimish

Origin of sweamish

From sweam + -ish.

Questions about sweamish

What does sweamish mean?
Sweamish means sick, giddy, faint, squeamish.
What part of speech is sweamish?
Sweamish is an adjective.

Words near sweamish in the dictionary

  1. swealed
  2. swealing
  3. swealings
  4. sweals
  5. sweam
  6. sweamish
  7. sweams
  8. Sweany
  9. Sweanys
  10. swear
  11. swear at

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