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running scared
adjective as in apprehensive
adjective as in cowardly
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- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- chicken-hearted
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
- having the willies
- jittery
- lacking courage
- lily-livered
- nervous
- no guts
- panicky
- pigeonhearted
- pusillanimous
- recreant
- retiring
- scared
- shrinking
- shy
- soft
- spineless
- timid
- timorous
- weak
- weak-kneed
- worthless
- yellow
- yellow-bellied
adjective as in fearful
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adjective as in frightened
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Example Sentences
Undocumented immigrants and their allies are running scared.
"He felt that Harris wouldn't have the type of performance she did and now he's running scared," Mr Petersen added.
And no politician in an election campaign wants to be accused of running scared.
The Lib Dems claimed Mr Gove was “running scared” of their candidate Alasdair Pinkerton, who came second in the constituency in 2019.
He added that it suggested that someone was "running scared that voters are attracted to my innovative manifesto and business experience".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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