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😊 A gentle nickname 🦌 A young deer 😳 A naive person
Bambi

Bambi

1 8.8
A person who is new, shy, and easily frightened
  • noun
  • /ˈbæm.bi/
  • Informal
translation icon : novato
  • You are going to be a newborn Bambi for the next three days.

You are going to be a newborn Bambi for the next three days.

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Examples

  • What is worse afterwards from people teasing you in the locker room going Bambi or stand down?

    Bussin' With The Boys

  • When he started his first job, he was such a Bambi that he struggled with even the simplest tasks.

  • Killing bambi.

    Infected (2013)

  • bambi.

    Magic Boys (2012)

  • bambi.

    Magic Boys (2012)

  • A BAMBI !

    Meet the Deedles (1998)

  • As a newcomer to the team, she felt like a Bambi at every meeting, unsure of how to contribute.

  • During her first week in the city, she was a total Bambi, getting lost and overwhelmed by everything.

Synonyms

fraidy-cat
vsBambi
  • Informal
3 8.1

A person who gets scared easily

focuses more on newness and naivety rather than just fearfulness
scaredy-cat
vsBambi
  • Offensive
3 7.4

A person who gets scared easily by not very dangerous things

is wider, covering inexperience and naive vulnerability as well
babe in the woods
vsBambi
  • Informal
1 8.1

A person who is inexperienced and easily harmed or tricked

is broader, also including being easily frightened in new situations
fraidy
vsBambi
  • Informal
1 9.9

A person who is easily frightened

includes inexperience and naivety, not only timidity
wuzzy
vsBambi
  • Informal
9.9

A person who is easily frightened and not brave

covers newness and naivety as well as being easily frightened

Antonyms

experienced
138 2.1

Someone who has a lot of skill and knowledge from doing something many times

Idioms

like Bambi on ice
  • UK
9.9

To move clumsily and unsteadily, like a new skater

Compounds

Bambi look
  • Informal
8.8

A look with wide childlike eyes that shows innocence

Bambi lover
8.1

A person who loves the character Bambi or cute animals and cares for wildlife

How Naive

innocent
225 2.9
Bambi
  • Informal
1 8.8
greenhorn
  • Informal
7 7.4
beginner
81 1.0

Surface Forms

Bambi singular
Bambis plural

Etymology

Bambi comes from the name of the young deer in a famous story, and that name likely comes from the Italian word bambino 'child' or 'baby'. So calling someone a Bambi is like saying they are young, innocent, or easily frightened, which is why the word means an inexperienced person.