All faint-hearted synonyms
faint-heartΒ·ed
F f adj faint-hearted
- timid β lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- nervous β highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- scared β to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- suspicious β tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
- apprehensive β Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
- shocked β a group of sheaves of grain placed on end and supporting one another in the field.
- 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.
- frightened β thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- indecisive β characterized by indecision, as persons; irresolute; undecided.
- uncertain β not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
- hesitant β hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- insecure β subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured: an insecure person.
- shaky β tending to shake or tremble.
- unstable β not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
- wobbly β shaky; unsteady.
- powerless β unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
- invertebrate β Zoology. not vertebrate; without a backbone. of or relating to creatures without a backbone.
- abashed β If you are abashed, you feel embarrassed and ashamed.
- aghast β If you are aghast, you are filled with horror and surprise.
- alarmed β If someone is alarmed, they feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- blanched β to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
- cowardly β If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
- discouraged β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- distressed β afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat.
- disturbed β marked by symptoms of mental illness: a disturbed personality.
- frozen β past participle of freeze.
- horrified β showing or indicating great shock or horror: a horrified gasp; a horrified expression.
- intimidated β to make timid; fill with fear.
- panic-stricken β overcome with, characterized by, or resulting from fear, panic, or the like: panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call.
- perplexed β bewildered; puzzled: a perplexed state of mind.
- perturbed β to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- petrified β to convert into stone or a stony substance.
- startled β to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
- stunned β to deprive of consciousness or strength by or as if by a blow, fall, etc.: The blow to his jaw stunned him for a moment.
- terrified β to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- timorous β full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous.
- upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- worried β having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
- aroused β in a state of sexual arousal
- cowed β intimidated; frightened
- daunted β intimidated
- disheartened β to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- dismayed β to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
- rattled β to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
- run scared β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- scared stiff β terrified
- spooked β Informal. a ghost; specter.
- terror-stricken β overwhelmed by terror; terrified.
- trembling β to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.