Skittish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Moving quickly and lightly; lively.
  • adj. Restlessly active or nervous; restive.
  • adj. Undependably variable; mercurial or fickle.
  • adj. Shy; bashful.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Easily scared or startled; timid.
  • adj. wanton; changeable; fickle
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy.
  • adj. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Easily frightened; disposed to start, jump, or run, as if from fright.
  • Hence Shy; avoiding familiarity or intercourse; timid; retiring; coy.
  • Changeable; volatile; fickle: inconstant; capricious.
  • Deceitful; tricky; deceptive.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
    • Equivalent
    excitable   
    Cross Reference
    frolicsome    startle   
    Form
    skittishly    skittishness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    timorous    shy    untrustworthy    wanton    restive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    British   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    restive    frisky    half-broken    fractious    piebald   
     
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