skittish
IPA: skˈɪtɪʃ
adjective
- Easily scared or startled; timid.
- Wanton; changeable; fickle.
- Difficult to manage; tricky.
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Examples of "skittish" in Sentences
- Their personality is shy and skittish.
- Tom is also skittish and easily frightened.
- I'm a little too skittish of messing something up.
- Because she's skittish, she won't talk about the symbol.
- Furthermore, Skittish was available through the Internet.
- He is very skittish and often backs away from confrontations.
- Despite this, Mihashi retains his skittish and shy personality.
- But when it comes to unilateral intervention, Hoffmann is skittish.
- Hint escapes, but the skittish horse he chose bucked him to the ground.
- Shy or skittish rabbits use these to achieve a sense of the safety of a burrow.