fraidy-cats
Easily spooked people
Fraidy-cats is the plural of fraidy-cat, an informal term for someone who is easily frightened or overly timid.
The word is childish in tone, often used by or toward children as a taunt: Don't be such fraidy-cats—it's just a haunted house.
Adults use it playfully or dismissively.
Those lacking courage
- wimpsTimid, gutless people
- chickensDomestic fowl for eggs
- sissiesCowardly or weak people
- babiesVery young children
crybabies · playground · teasing · taunting · name-calling · mocking · bullying · schoolyard
Preferring safety over uncertainty
- cautiousCareful to avoid risk
- hesitantSlow to act
- reluctantUnwilling to act
- timidLacking courage or confidence
overcautious · worrywarts · second-guessing · fence-sitters · non-committal · tentative · apprehensive · gun-shy
cowards
Those lacking courage
babies · crybabies · playground · teasing · taunting · name-calling · mocking · bullying · schoolyard · timid
risk-averse
Preferring safety over uncertainty
timid · overcautious · worrywarts · second-guessing · fence-sitters · non-committal · tentative · apprehensive · gun-shy · skittish
scared
Feeling fear or alarm
- frightenedExperiencing sudden fear
- terrifiedExtremely frightened
- spookedFrightened into alertness
ghosts · monsters · screaming · hiding · cowering · trembling · shaking · petrified · jump-scares · nightmares
fraidy-catsdaredevils
Those who seek thrills recklessly
brave souls · heroes · thrill-seekers · adventurers · hotshots
fraidy-cat, afraid, fraid, cat, cats