running scared
ADJECTIVE
apprehensive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
Antonyms
ADJECTIVE
cowardly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
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
Antonyms
ADJECTIVE
fearful
Synonyms
STRONGEST
afraid
agitated
anxious
frightened
hesitant
jittery
nervous
panicky
scared
shy
skittish
tense
timid
uneasy
WEAK
aflutter
aghast
chicken
chickenhearted
diffident
discomposed
disquieted
disturbed
fainthearted
goose-bumpy
have cold feet
in a dither
intimidated
jumpy
lily-livered
mousy
nerveless
nervy
perturbed
phobic
pusillanimous
quivery
rabbity
shaky
sheepish
shrinking
solicitous
spineless
timorous
tremulous
unmanly
weak-kneed
worried
yellow
Antonyms
ADJECTIVE
frightened
Synonyms
Antonyms
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