skittish
21skittish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lively, frisky, spirited; excitable, restive, nervous, jittery; timorous, fearful; coy, bashful; capricious, fickle. See excitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Frivolous] Syn. lively, capricious,… …
22skittish — skit·tish || skɪtɪʃ adj. nervous, high strung, tense; fickle, changeable; mischievous, frisky, lively; shy …
23skittish — adjective (of a horse) nervous; inclined to shy. ↘lively and unpredictable; playful. Derivatives skittishly adverb skittishness noun Origin ME: perh. from the rare verb skit (see skit) …
24skittish — a. 1. Shy (as a horse), timid, timorous, easily frightened. 2. Hasty, volatile, wanton. 3. Changeable, inconstant, fickle …
25skittish — adj 1. jumpy, startlish, Sl trigger happy; excitable, high strung, high spirited; nervous, (of hunting dogs, horses, etc.) gun shy. 2. restless, restive, unquiet, fidgety, fretful, Inf. having ants in one s pants, Sl antsy, Sl antsy pantsy. 3.… …
26skittish — skit·tish …
27skittish — /ˈskɪtɪʃ / (say skitish) adjective 1. apt to start or shy. 2. restlessly or excessively lively. 3. fickle; uncertain. 4. coy. {origin uncertain; perhaps from Old Norse; compare skȳt shoot + ish1} –skittishly, adverb –skittishness, noun …
28skittish — adj. 1 lively, playful. 2 (of a horse etc.) nervous, inclined to shy, fidgety. Derivatives: skittishly adv. skittishness n. Etymology: ME, perh. formed as SKIT(1) …
29No Sex Please, We're Skittish — Infobox Television episode | Title = No Sex Please, We’re Skittish Series = Frasier Season = 11 Episode = 1 Airdate = 23rd September 2003 Guests = Debra Monk (Nurse Karen) Reichen Lehmkuhl (impossibly handsome man) Writer = Bob Daily Director =… …
30Skittishly — Skittish Skit tish, a. [See {Skit}, v. t.] 1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. A restiff, skittish jade. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. Skittish Fortune… …
