Synonyms for running scared
- afraid
- concerned
- doubtful
- jittery
- jumpy
- suspicious
- uncertain
- uneasy
- uptight
- alarmed
- biting nails
- butterflies
- disquieted
- feel in bones
- foreboding
- frozen
- get vibes
- have a hunch
- have cold feet
- have funny feeling
- have stage fright
- hung up
- in a cold sweat
- in a dither
- in a sweat
- jellyfish
- lily-livered
- mistrustful
- scaredy-cat
- shaky
- stiff
- troubled
- weak
- worried
- worried sick
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Antonyms for running scared
- calm
- certain
- clear
- collected
- composed
- confident
- cool
- definite
- easy-going
- happy
- laid-back
- sure
- unquestionable
- at ease
- quiet
- unafraid
- undoubting
- unfearful
- unsuspicious
- unworried
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RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR RUNNING SCARED
apprehensive
adjectiveanxious, fearful- afraid
- alarmed
- biting nails
- butterflies
- concerned
- disquieted
- doubtful
- feel in bones
- foreboding
- frozen
- get vibes
- have a hunch
- have cold feet
- have funny feeling
- have stage fright
- hung up
- in a cold sweat
- in a dither
- in a sweat
- jellyfish
- jittery
- jumpy
- lily-livered
- mistrustful
- running scared
- scaredy-cat
- shaky
- stiff
- suspicious
- troubled
- uncertain
- uneasy
- uptight
- weak
- worried
- worried sick
cowardly
adjectivefearful- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- caitiff
- chicken-hearted
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- dastardly
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
- having the willies
- jittery
- lacking courage
- lily-livered
- nervous
- no guts
- panicky
- paper tiger
- pigeonhearted
- pusillanimous
- recreant
- retiring
- running scared
- scared
- shrinking
- shy
- soft
- spineless
- timid
- timorous
- weak
- weak-kneed
- worthless
- yellow
- yellow-bellied
fearful
adjectivealarmed, apprehensive- aflutter
- afraid
- aghast
- agitated
- anxious
- chicken
- chickenhearted
- diffident
- discomposed
- disquieted
- disturbed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- goose-bumpy
- have cold feet
- hesitant
- in a dither
- intimidated
- jittery
- jumpy
- lily-livered
- mousy
- nerveless
- nervous
- nervy
- panicky
- perturbed
- phobic
- pusillanimous
- quivery
- rabbity
- running scared
- scared
- shaky
- sheepish
- shrinking
- shy
- skittish
- solicitous
- spineless
- tense
- timid
- timorous
- tremulous
- uneasy
- unmanly
- weak-kneed
- worried
- yellow
frightened
adjectivevery scared- abashed
- affrighted
- afraid
- aghast
- alarmed
- anxious
- butterflies
- chicken
- chicken-hearted
- cowed
- dismayed
- fearful
- frozen
- have cold feet
- having kittens
- hung up
- in a cold sweat
- in a panic
- in a sweat
- jellyfish
- jittery
- jumpy
- lily-livered
- mousy
- numb
- panicky
- petrified
- pushing the panic button
- rabbity
- running scared
- scared stiff
- shaky
- shivery
- sissy
- spooked
- startled
- terrified
- terror-stricken
- terrorized
- unnerved
- uptight
- yellow
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