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Skittish vs Timorous - What's the difference?

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Skittish is a related term of timorous.


As adjectives the difference between skittish and timorous

is that skittish is easily scared or startled; timid while timorous is fearful, afraid, timid.

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

    timorous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * timourous (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fearful, afraid, timid
  • * by
    • Wee sleekit, cowrin', tim'rou s beastie,
    Oh, what a panic's in thy breastie!
  • * , Episode 16
    • He turned a long you are wrong gaze on Stephen of timorous dark pride at the soft impeachment with a glance also of entreaty for he seemed to glean in a kind of a way that it wasn't all exactly.

    Synonyms

    * (fearful) fearful, shy, timid

    Antonyms

    * (fearful) daredevil, dauntless, reckless