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Alarmed vs Skittish - What's the difference?

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Alarmed is a related term of skittish.


As adjectives the difference between alarmed and skittish

is that alarmed is having an alarm fitted while skittish is easily scared or startled; timid.

As a verb alarmed

is (alarm).

alarmed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (alarm)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having an alarm fitted.
  • This door is alarmed .
  • Worried; anxious; panicky.
  • I'm extremely alarmed about the army outside my house.

    skittish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Easily scared or startled; timid.
  • The cat likes people he knows, but he is skittish around strangers.
  • wanton; changeable; fickle
  • Skittish Fortune's hall. — Shakespeare.

    Synonyms

    * spookish * jumpy * squirrelly

    Derived terms

    * skittishly * skittishness

    See also

    * startle