scaredy-cat
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈskɛrdiˌkæt/
- Offensive
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cobarde
- Everyone knows Tom is a scaredy-cat because he gets nervous during scary movies.
Examples
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I'm just a scaredy-cat.
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But when it comes to playing in ocean waves, I'll admit I'm a bit of a scaredy cat.
Blog text (11) -
Quit being such a scaredy-cat.
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Why was she such a scaredy-cat?
Fiction book (2001) -
Staying home like a scaredy-cat will assure that you'll never find out.
Blog text (4) -
Jason is a scaredy-cat!
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You're such a scaredy-cat.
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Isabel's a scaredy-cat.
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Please, you're the scaredy-cat.
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They think we're scaredy-cats.
Synonyms
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8.4
A person who is easily frightened and not brave
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9.9
A person who is too easily frightened to try new things
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9.9
Feeling afraid easily, often by sudden or loud things
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8.1
A person who gets scared easily
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8.0
A person who pulls back because they are afraid or uncomfortable
A person who is easily frightened and not brave
Antonyms
How Timid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scaredy-cat comes from the simple words scare ('to frighten') and cat ('the animal'), and people used it playfully to call someone who is easily afraid. So, as a noun, a scaredy-cat is a person who gets scared even when there is little danger.