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All faint-hearted synonyms

faint-heartΒ·ed
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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.
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