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1 Skittish -- rank: 1000

Skittish definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SKIT'TISH, a. 1. Shy; easily frightened; shunning familiarity; timorous; as a restif skittish jade. L'Estrange. 2. Wanton; volatile; hasty. 3. Changeable; fickle; as skittish fortune. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) [syn: skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Middle English ... action ; capricious b. variable, fluctuating 2. easily frightened ; restive < a skittish horse > 3. a. coy, bashful b. marked by extreme caution ; wary < skittish investors > • skittishly adverb • skittishness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. ...

2 Skittishly -- rank: 565

... changeably. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: in a skittish manner; "the horse pranced around skittishly" Merriam Webster's adverb see skittish Webster's 1913 Dictionary Skittish Skit"tish, a. [See Skit, v. t.] 1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. ``A restiff, skittish jade.'' --L'Estrange. 2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. ``Skittish Fortune's hall.'' --Shak. -- Skit"tish*ly, adv. -- Skit" ...

3 Skittishness -- rank: 521

... take fright [syn: skittishness, restiveness] Merriam Webster's noun see skittish Webster's 1913 Dictionary Skittish Skit"tish, a. [See Skit, v. t.] 1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. ``A restiff, skittish jade.'' --L'Estrange. 2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. ``Skittish Fortune's hall.'' --Shak. -- Skit"tish*ly, adv. -- Skit"tish ...

4 Flighty -- rank: 402

... the-clouds, scatterbrained] 2: unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) [syn: skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous] Merriam Webster's adjective (flightier; -est) Date ... a. easily upset ; volatile < a flighty temper > b. easily excited ; skittish < a flighty horse > c. capricious, silly • flightily adverb • flightiness noun ... shallow-pated, shallow-witted, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shuffling, sick, silly, skittish, spasmodic, spineless, sprightly, stark-mad, stark-staring mad, strange, superficial ...

5 Timid -- rank: 317

... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Timorous, fearful, skittish, shy, cowardly, pusillanimous, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, easily frightened. 2 ... shamefaced, shamefast, shilly-shallying, shivery, shrinking, shy, sissified, sissy, skittery, skittish, soft, stammering, startlish, sticking, stickling, straining, tentative, timorous, trembling, tremulous ...

6 Startish -- rank: 317

... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STARTISH, a. Apt to start; skittish; shy. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Startish Start"ish, a. Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse. [Colloq.]

7 Startful -- rank: 317

... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STARTFUL, a. Apt to start; skittish. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Startful Start"ful, a. Apt to start; skittish. [R.]

8 spooky -- rank: 317

... 0 (2005) adj 1: unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) [syn: skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous] Merriam Webster's adjective (spookier; -est) Date ... 1854 1. relating to, resembling, or suggesting spooks 2. nervous, skittish < a spooky horse > • spookily adverb • spookiness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary ...

9 skittery -- rank: 317

skittery definitions Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1941 skittish Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. skittish, restless.

10 Nervous -- rank: 317

... syn: aflutter, nervous] 5: unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) [syn: skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 14th century ... shaken, shaken up, shaky, shivery, shrinking, shy, sinewed, sinewy, skittery, skittish, slashing, snappish, solicitous, spooky, startlish, stirred up, strained, striking, strong ...

11 To be shot of -- rank: 201

... to reject, Scud, Scuttle, v. i., Shot, Sheet, Shut, Shuttle, Skittish, Skittles.] 1. To let fly, or cause to be driven ...

12 tetchy -- rank: 201

... oversensitive, overtender, passible, prickly, quick-tempered, ratty, refined, responsive, sensitive, skittish, supersensitive, sympathetic, tactful, temperamental, tender, testy, thin-skinned, ticklish, touchy

13 tactful -- rank: 201

... ready, refined, regardful, resourceful, respectful, responsive, selective, sensitive, skilled, skillful, skittish, slick, solicitous, some, statesmanlike, stylish, suave, subtle, supersensitive, sympathetic, tactical ...

14 Tremulous -- rank: 201

... shaking, shaky, shivering, shivery, shook up, shrinking, shuddering, shy, skittery, skittish, snuffling, startlish, stifled, strangled, succussatory, succussive, thick, throaty, timid, timorous ...

15 Trembling -- rank: 201

... shivering, shivers, shivery, shook up, shrinking, shudder, shuddering, shy, skittery, skittish, spasms, startlish, succussatory, succussion, succussive, throb, throbbing, timid, timorous, tremble ...