| Main Entry: | apprehensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
Synonyms: |
afraid, alarmed, biting nails, butterflies, concerned, disquieted, doubtful, feel in bones, foreboding, frozen*, get vibes, have a hunch, have cold feet, have funny feeling, have stage fright, hung up, in a cold sweat, in a dither, in a sweat, jellyfish, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mistrustful, running scared, scaredy-cat, shaky*, stiff, suspicious, troubled, uncertain, uneasy, uptight, weak, worried, worried sick |
Antonyms: |
at ease, calm, quiet, unafraid, undoubting, unfearful, unsuspicious, unworried |
| Main Entry: | coward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is scared, easily intimidated |
Synonyms: |
alarmist, baby*, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, craven, cur, dastard, deserter, faint-of-heart, faintheart, fraidy-cat, funk, gutless, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, malingerer, mouse, pessimist, poltroon, quitter, rabbit, recreant, scaredy cat, shirk, shirker, skulker, sneak, weakling, white liver, wimp*, yellow belly, yellow* |
Antonyms: |
aggressor, hero |
| Main Entry: | frightened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very scared |
Synonyms: |
abashed, affrighted, afraid, aghast, alarmed, anxious, butterflies, chicken*, chicken-hearted, cowed, dismayed, fearful, frozen, have cold feet, having kittens, hung up, in a cold sweat, in a panic, in a sweat, jellyfish, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mousy, numb, panicky, petrified, pushing the panic button, rabbity, running scared, scared stiff, shaky, shivery, sissy, spooked, startled, terrified, terror-stricken, terrorized, unnerved, uptight, yellow* |
Antonyms: |
calm, comforted, happy |
| Main Entry: | milksop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coward |
Synonyms: |
baby*, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, cry-baby, deserter, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, quitter, scaredy cat, sissy, weakling, wimp, wuss, wussy, yellow, yellow belly |
| Main Entry: | namby-pamby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pansy |
Synonyms: |
baby*, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, coward, cry-baby, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, milksop, momma's boy, pantywaist, quitter, scaredy cat, sissy, weakling, wimp, wuss, wussy, yellow, yellow belly |
| Main Entry: | sissy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakling |
Synonyms: |
baby, chicken*, coward, cream puff, crybaby, cuckold, daisy, jellyfish, milksop, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, pushover, wimp*, wuss, yellow belly |
| Main Entry: | weakling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has no strength |
Synonyms: |
baby, chicken heart, chicken*, coward, cream puff, crybaby, dotard, invertebrate, jellyfish, misfit, pushover, wimp*, yellow belly |
Antonyms: |
strongman |
| Main Entry: | wimp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakling |
Synonyms: |
baby, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, coward, cream puff, crybaby, daisy, featherweight, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, loser, milksop, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, puppy, pushover, scaredy-cat, schlemiel, sissy, wuss, wussy, yellow belly |
| Main Entry: | weak sister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weak member of group |
Synonyms: |
chicken, gutless wonder, hothouse plant, invertebrate, jellyfish, meek soul, softy, weak soul, weakling |