What is another word for skittish?
249 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ skˈɪtɪʃ], [ skˈɪtɪʃ], [ s_k_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_ʃ]Table of Contents
Similar words for skittish:- agitated (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- changeable (adjective)
- coy (adjective)
- demure (adjective)
- dizzy (adjective)
- edgy (adjective)
- empty-headed (adjective)
- excitable (adjective)
- fearful (adjective)
- fearsome (adjective)
- giddy (adjective)
- jittery (adjective)
- jumpy (adjective)
- nervous (adjective)
- shy (adjective)
- twitchy (adjective)
- on edge (adverb)
- frivolous (noun)
- shy (noun)
- other synonyms
Definition for Skittish:
Synonyms for Skittish:
adj.
•agitated (adjective)- uneasy,
- twitching,
- feverish,
- distraught,
- writhing,
- shuddering,
- jerky,
- upset,
- trembling,
- wobbling,
- quaking,
- palpitating,
- shaken,
- unquiet,
- spastic,
- quivering,
- disturbed,
- Churned,
- disquieted,
- troubled,
- shivering,
- erratic,
- Jarred,
- quavering,
- fluttered,
- agitated,
- shaking,
- convulsive,
- perturbed.
- reversible,
- shifting,
- Permutable,
- mutable,
- commutative,
- transitional,
- revocable,
- changeful,
- transformable,
- unsteady,
- mercurial.
- most overmodest,
- most rabbity,
- re-served,
- most unassertive,
- more unassertive,
- self effacing,
- prudish,
- more overmodest,
- over modest,
- un-assertive,
- re tiring,
- un assertive,
- selfeffacing,
- re-tiring,
- kittenish,
- more rabbity,
- shrinking,
- re served.
- un assured,
- de mure,
- most unassured,
- un-assuming,
- un-assured,
- un assuming,
- unassuming,
- more unassured,
- de-mure,
- strait laced.
- over strung,
- over-strung,
- un-easiest,
- un easier,
- most overstrung,
- up tight,
- ex cited,
- ill ease,
- un easiest,
- highstrung,
- un-easier,
- high strung,
- up-tight,
- un-easy,
- overstrung,
- more overstrung,
- ex-cited,
- un easy.
- more knownothing,
- empty headed,
- untaught,
- more know-nothing,
- more know nothing,
- most knownothing,
- most know-nothing,
- un taught,
- knownothing,
- uneducated,
- un-taught,
- un schooled,
- un-schooled,
- un-educated,
- most know nothing,
- un educated,
- know nothing.
- Hot-headed,
- reckless,
- Agitable,
- short fused,
- overzealous,
- hottempered,
- galvanic,
- Alarmable,
- excitable,
- temperamental,
- fidgety,
- volcanic,
- hysterical,
- over-zealous.
- un strung,
- unstrung,
- more nervous,
- up-set,
- un-strung,
- most ruffled,
- taut,
- dis-tressed,
- dis tressed,
- more ruffled.
- dis trustful,
- un responsive,
- most uneager,
- un-willing,
- in-disposed,
- most unsocial,
- in disposed,
- more introvert,
- dis inclined,
- dis-inclined,
- un effusive,
- un-responsive,
- un eager,
- un willing,
- most uneffusive,
- more unsocial,
- un-effusive,
- un-eager,
- introvert,
- un-social,
- more uneager,
- recessive,
- most introvert,
- more uneffusive,
- dis-trustful,
- un social.
adv.
•on edge (adverb)n.
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- short-term,
- fleeting,
- short-lived,
- brief,
- transient,
- temporary,
- passing,
- floating.
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- frightened,
- tighten,
- worried,
- alarmed.
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Independent
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Adjective
spoiled.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
temperamental, capricious, spoilt, whimsical, nervous.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Skittish:
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adj.
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Other antonyms:
confident, permanent, adventuresome, settled, sure, heroic, determined, dashing, spirited, durable, docile, easy, reliable, dependable, true, trustworthy, unshakable, hardy, firm, immutable, imperturbable, tractable, lasting, adventurous, unswerving, persistent, abiding, resolute, plucky, equable, even, game, certain, tried and true, yielding, uniform, peaceable, invariable, gentle, spunky, unchangeable, trusty, daring, relaxed, unflappable, mettlesome, tried, nerveless, obedient, self-assured, predictable, venturesome, venturous, quiet, passive, undeterred, submissive, manageable, assured, self-confident, unflinching.
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Skittish Sentence Examples:
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You look as if you could tackle a bull, ' cried Louisa, skittish.
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Edna would get fat and rosy, and you and Mrs Freer would be quite young and skittish by the time you got home!
Homophones for Skittish:
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