| adj. |
| [1] |
shy
,
retiring
,
modest
,
coy
,
bashful
,
diffident
,
timorous
,
fearful
,
apprehensive
,
mousy
,
scared
,
frightened
,
nervous
,
cowardly
,
pusillanimous
,
craven
,
(Colloq) chicken-hearted
,
yellow
,
yellow-bellied
,
chicken
,
chicken-livered
,
lily-livered
,
gutless
|
| [2] |
diffident
,
shy
,
unsure
|
| [3] |
faint
,
fainthearted
,
faint-hearted
|
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