squeamish

Even if voters are prepared to accept the White House ignoring court rulings, any such move could pose a significant challenge to many Republican members of Congress who feel squeamish about it.

O’Hara, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, Salvador Dalí and “Perry Mason,” will no doubt forge his own radically questioning path in a production that promises not to be squeamish about blood.

While polls suggest tackling the benefits bill is popular, voters and Labour MPs tend to be more squeamish when cuts affect disabled people.

There’s an extended squeamish groan when, having seized and fired a boiling gun, it doesn’t occur to him to drop it.

You hope you don’t poke someone in the eye, but if you’re using one, it’s a life-or-death emergency, so it’s no time to be squeamish.