Alarmed vs Skittish - What's the difference?
alarmed | skittish | Related terms |
(alarm)
Having an alarm fitted.
Worried; anxious; panicky.
Easily scared or startled; timid.
wanton; changeable; fickle
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)Adjective
(-)- This door is alarmed .
- I'm extremely alarmed about the army outside my house.
skittish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The cat likes people he knows, but he is skittish around strangers.
- Skittish Fortune's hall. — Shakespeare.