Tom called me a scaredy-cat.
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Scaredy-cat
Synonyms for "scaredy-cat" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
Translations
12 translations across 7 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- pelkuri noun (a coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared)
German
1 entries- Angsthase noun (a coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyáva kukac noun (a coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared)
- gyáva nyúl noun (a coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared)
Macedonian
4 entries- др́сло noun (a coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared)
- ко́ркач noun (a coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared)
- пла́шливец noun (a coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared)
- стра́шливец noun (a coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared)
Māori
1 entries- toupiore noun (a coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared)
Norwegian
1 entries- reddhare noun (a coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared)
Spanish
2 entries- medroso noun (a coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared)
- miedoso noun (a coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I'm not a scaredy-cat, I'm just careful.
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I'm not a scaredy-cat. I'm just careful.
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Tom is a scaredy-cat.
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