😨 Easily scared 🐱 Pokemon creature

skitty

9.5

Nervous and easily frightened, likely to jump at sudden sounds

adjective
/ˈskɪti/

: nervioso

My cat gets skitty whenever there are loud noises outside.

Examples

The young horse was skitty and shied away from every sudden movement.
Why is that dog so skitty?
He became skitty after watching a scary movie alone at night.
The skitty cat jumped at every sound.
The young horse was skitty and shied away from every sudden movement.
My cat gets skitty whenever there are loud noises outside.
He became skitty after watching a scary movie alone at night.

Synonyms

jumpy

vsskitty

Informal

54 4.3

Feeling nervous and easily startled by sudden sounds

is nervous and tends to startle suddenly rather than long lasting anxiety

skittish

vsskitty

25 7.0

Easily frightened or nervous and likely to move suddenly

is nervous and likely to startle but not necessarily unpredictable

twitchy

vsskitty

Informal

9 4.6

Feeling nervous and unable to stay still

is nervous and prone to sudden startle without expressing restlessness

skittery

vsskitty

1 8.7

Moving quickly and lightly because it is nervous or easily startled

is nervous and likely to jump or startle without movement focus

Antonyms

calm

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

confident

715 2.5

Feeling sure about yourself or what will happen

How Nervous

panicky

22 4.1

skitty

9.5

nervous

∞ 1.3

uneasy

98 3.2

calm

735 1.0

Surface Forms

skitty positive

Etymology

Skitty is linked to the word skittish, which means 'nervous' or 'easily frightened'. Think of the verb skitter, meaning 'to move quickly', so skitty gives the image of something likely to jump or startle.