fraidy
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9.9
Feeling afraid easily, often by sudden or loud things
- adjective
- /ˈfreɪdi/
- Informal
:
miedoso
- She always screams at the slightest noise; she's such a fraidy cat.
- fraidy-cat
Examples
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Don't be such a fraidy-cat!
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And you wanted to take the train, you 'fraidy cat.
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And, well, you know what a 'fraidy cat I am of the dark.
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Hey, let me out of here, you stupid fraidy cat!
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Are you a 'fraidy cat?
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Of course, if you're a fraidy-cat...
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The big man's a fraidy-cat.
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Don't be such a fraidy-cat.
Fiction book (1992) -
Don't be a fraidy-cat.
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There, who's a fraidy-cat?
Synonyms
301
8.4
A person who is easily frightened and not brave
is more playful and less insulting, focusing on being scared
141
9.9
A person who is too easily frightened to try new things
is a general playful term used beyond regional informal British usage
3
8.1
A person who gets scared easily
is a playful informal term used for people of any age
9.9
A person who is easily frightened and not brave
is lighter and more playful, focusing on being easily scared
Compounds
How Timid
Surface Forms
fraidy positive
Morphology
Etymology
Fraidy is a playful short form of afraid, and you often hear it in the teasing phrase fraidy-cat. So fraidy means 'scared' or easily frightened.