scaredy-cat
(Slang) person who is or seems frightened
Scaredy Cat
scaredy cat
a person who is afraid, a coward, a fraidy cat The girls will say I'm a scaredy cat if I don't go in the water.
scaredy cat
Synonyms and related words:
Milquetoast, baby, big baby, chicken, chicken liver, coward, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, milksop, mouse, sissy, weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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