scaredy-catnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈskeə.di.kæt/us/ˈsker.di.kæt/child's expressionsomeone, especially a child, who is easily frightened:
Come on, scaredy-cat - it won't bite you!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Heroes and cowards
- a big/great girl's blouse idiom
- adventurer
- baby
- candy-ass
- chicken
- cur
- daredevil
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- fallen idol
- folk hero
- hero
- heroine
- idol
- knight errant
- marshmallow
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- sook
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- wimp
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