scaredy
Easily spooked one
Scaredy is an informal adjective meaning easily frightened or timid, used almost exclusively in the compound scaredy-cat.
On its own, it functions as playful teasing, typically directed at children: Don't be such a scaredy.
fraidy-cat
Timid, easily startled person
coward · crybaby · timid · shy · nervous · jumpy · spooked · frightened · startled · hiding
fearful
Full of fright
skittish · jittery · nervous · overcautious · avoidant · trembling · cowering · flinching · startling · panicky
- scared to deathExtremely frightened
- scared stiffImmobilized by extreme fright
- scare offCause to flee
- scared offFrightened into leaving
- scaredy catOverly timorous person
- scare someone to deathFrighten to the extreme
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