fraidy-cat

[ frey-dee-kat ]

SEE DEFINITION OF fraidy-cat

as inmilksop
as innamby-pamby
as inpantywaist
as inwimp
as incoward

Synonyms for fraidy-cat

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WORD ORIGIN

"coward," by 1871, American English slang, from 'fraid, childish or dialectal (African, West Indies) pronunciation of afraid (by 1816), + cat.

MORE RELATED WORDS FOR FRAIDY-CAT

coward

nounperson who is scared, easily intimidated

namby-pamby

nounpansy

pantywaist

nounsissy

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