Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A timid or fearful person.
Wiktionary
- n. childish A coward.
Etymologies
- Shortening of afraid + -y1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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Lists
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Things from my memory
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Animalia Wordia
Words or short phrases with animal names in them. Since I already have a dedicated list for 'monkey' words I shall leave them out of this one for the moment.
paper tiger, pigeon-hearted, lion-hearted, sacred cow, chicken heart, fraidy cat, scaredy-cat, snake oil, can of worms, snake pit, rat's nest, stool pigeon and 114 more...
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Coward!
caitiff, craven, cur, dastard, funk, malingerer, poltroon, recreant, Scaramouch, invertebrate, jellyfish, fraidy cat and 53 more...
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treeseed Fraidy cat, from afraid + cat, (also known as scaredy cat) is a slang term for a person who is very skittish or fearful. Feb 3, 2008