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All chicken-hearted synonyms

chickΒ·en-heartΒ·ed
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adj chicken-hearted

  • startled β€” to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
  • unnerved β€” to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset: Fear unnerved him.
  • spooked β€” Informal. a ghost; specter.
  • dastardly β€” If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone.
  • fearful β€” causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
  • petrified β€” to convert into stone or a stony substance.
  • abashed β€” If you are abashed, you feel embarrassed and ashamed.
  • frozen β€” past participle of freeze.
  • numb β€” deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
  • terrified β€” to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
  • alarmed β€” If someone is alarmed, they feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
  • affrighted β€” to frighten.
  • butterflies β€” tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
  • cowed β€” intimidated; frightened
  • aghast β€” If you are aghast, you are filled with horror and surprise.
  • chicken β€” Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
  • hung up β€” Slang: Vulgar. (of a male) having very large genitals.
  • jumpy β€” subject to sudden, involuntary starts, especially from nervousness, fear, excitement, etc.
  • mousy β€” resembling or suggesting a mouse, as in color or odor.
  • shaky β€” tending to shake or tremble.
  • sissy β€” Disparaging and Offensive. an effeminate boy or man.
  • uptight β€” tense, nervous, or jittery.
  • shivery β€” readily breaking into shivers or fragments; brittle.
  • in a sweat β€” perspiring
  • jellyfish β€” any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
  • rabbity β€” any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
  • scared stiff β€” terrified
  • terror-stricken β€” overwhelmed by terror; terrified.
  • abject β€” You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad.
  • coward β€” If you call someone a coward, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid dangerous or difficult situations.
  • cowardly β€” If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
  • feeble β€” physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
  • irresolute β€” not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating.
  • submissive β€” inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
  • faint-hearted β€” lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
  • wimpy β€” of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
  • afraid β€” If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.
  • anxious β€” If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
  • apprehensive β€” Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
  • backward β€” A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
  • base β€” The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
  • caitiff β€” a cowardly or base person
  • craven β€” Someone who is craven is very cowardly.
  • diffident β€” lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
  • fainthearted β€” lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
  • frightened β€” thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
  • gutless β€” lacking courage, fortitude, or determination.
  • jittery β€” extremely tense and nervous; jumpy: He's very jittery about the medical checkup.
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