fraidy cat
Easily spooked person
A fraidy cat is a timid or easily frightened person—childish slang for a coward.
The term is playground taunting: Don't be such a fraidy cat.
Adults use it playfully or dismissively.
Also spelled fraidy-cat or 'fraidycat.
Domestic fowl for eating
- cowardPerson lacking bravery
- wimpTimid, feeble person
- yellow-bellySlang for coward
- sissyPejorative for effeminate male
milksop · poltroon · weakling · namby-pamby · craven · milquetoast · jellyfish · dastard
Feeling fear or alarm
- frightenedExperiencing sudden fear
- spookedFrightened into alertness
- skittishProne to nervous fright
- jitteryAnxiously restless
nervous · startled · jumpy · panicky · petrified · shaken · alarmed · terrified
chicken
Domestic fowl for eating
- cowardPerson lacking bravery
- wimpTimid, feeble person
- yellow-bellySlang for coward
sissy · milksop · poltroon · weakling · namby-pamby · craven · milquetoast · jellyfish · dastard · nebbish
scared
Feeling fear or alarm
- frightenedExperiencing sudden fear
- spookedFrightened into alertness
- skittishProne to nervous fright
jittery · nervous · startled · jumpy · panicky · petrified · shaken · alarmed · terrified · timorous
playground
Children's outdoor recreation space
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
- tauntInsulting provocation
- name-callingHurling insults at others
schoolyard · childish · immature · kids · mocking · juvenile · silly · baby · crybaby · tattletale
fraidy catdaredevil
Reckless risk-taker
brave soul · hero · thrill-seeker · adrenaline junkie · risk-taker
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