Skittish - English meaning

Skittish – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
(of an animal, especially a horse) nervous or excitable; easily scared.
Usage examples:
A skittish chestnut mare
Synonims:
Restive Excitable Nervous Easily frightened Skittery Jumpy Fidgety Highly strung

adjective
(of people and animals) nervous and easily frightened
Usage examples:
The kitten was really skittish.

Skittish translation into English

Skittish: translate from English into Chinese

胆怯的, 会变, 娇媚, 獧

Skittish: translate from English into Dutch

Schichtig, Dartel, Frivool, Uitgelaten, Grillig

Skittish: translate from English into French

Ombrageux, Espiègle, Inquiet, Incertain

Skittish: translate from English into German

Scheu, Unruhig, Neckisch, Schelmisch, Übermütig, Kokett

Skittish: translate from English into Hindi

चुस्त, अस्थिर, लजीली, डरपोक, हठीला, हठी, फुरतीला, ज़िद्दी, ढुल-मुल-यक़ीन, भीरु, भड़कीली, चंचल, चपल

Skittish: translate from English into Italian

Ombroso, Volubile, Vivace, Capriccioso

Skittish: translate from English into Korean

까부는, 잘 놀라는, 수줍어하는

Skittish: translate from English into Russian

Своенравный, Пугливый, Норовистый, Живой, Игривый, Капризный, Кокетливый

Skittish: translate from English into Spanish

Asustadizo, Caprichoso, Frívolo

Word origin

late Middle English: perhaps from the rare verb skit ‘move lightly and rapidly’.

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Skittish – similar words

skittishness

noun
The feeling of being nervous or easily frightened, or nervous behaviour
Usage examples:
With worries about another recession and consumer skittishness, companies are not likely to hire in…

Skittishness - all meanings in English

Skittish synonims

excitable

adjective
Responding too readily to something new or stimulating; easily excited.
Usage examples:
A rather excitable young man

adjective
(of a person or an animal) tending to react quickly and strongly to things
Usage examples:
The dog is excitable, so don’t come too close.

Excitable - all meanings in English

fidgety

adjective
Inclined to fidget; restless or uneasy.
Usage examples:
I get nervous and fidgety at the dentist

adjective
Making continuous, small movements that annoy other people
Usage examples:
A fidgety child/audience, she seemed restless and fidgety.

Fidgety - all meanings in English

jumpy

adjective
(of a person) anxious and uneasy.
Usage examples:
He was tired and jumpy

adjective
Nervous or anxious
Usage examples:
Stop watching him; it makes him jumpy.

adjective
Nervous or uncertain about what might happen in the future
Usage examples:
Calming jumpy markets can be difficult in times of crisis.

Jumpy - all meanings in English

nervous

adjective
Easily agitated or alarmed.
Usage examples:
A sensitive, nervous person

Nervous - all meanings in English

skittery

adjective
Restless; skittish.
Usage examples:
A skittery horse

adjective
Moving very quickly and lightly, or in a way that is unexpected or irregular
Usage examples:
The tune is skittery modern jazz., we could see black-and-white skittery flashes of birds in the tr…

Skittery - all meanings in English

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