Antonyms for jellyfish
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : jel-ee-fish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛl iˌfɪʃ |
Definition of jellyfish
Origin :- popular name of the medusa and similar sea-creatures, 1796, from jelly (n.) + fish (n.). Earlier it had been used of a type of actual fish (1707).
- As in apprehensive : adj anxious, fearful
- As in frightened : adj very scared
- As in milksop : noun coward
- As in namby-pamby : noun pansy
- As in sissy : noun weakling
- As in weakling : noun person who has no strength
- As in wimp : noun weakling
- As in weak sister : noun weak member of group
- As in coward : noun person who is scared, easily intimidated
- In fact, animals like jellyfish and worms are lungs all over.
- Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson
- Normally a jellyfish has its parts in four or multiples of four.
- Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
- It is of interest to consider a common animal like the jellyfish Aurelia.
- Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
- He was using the jellyfish as an example of a life form all but invisible.
- Extract from : « The Common Man » by Guy McCord (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)
- Just like jellyfish, they will not stand any rough handling.
- Extract from : « Ben Burton » by W. H. G. Kingston
- Its eyes were jellyfish, its hair of seaweed, and the mouth was like a mussel.
- Extract from : « Eskimo Folktales » by Unknown
- These are of the jellyfish family, and have only lately been added to the aquarium.
- Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1899 » by Various
- The jellyfish, incredible numbers of them, slipped past him.
- Extract from : « The Search Party » by G. A. Birmingham
- The water near the shore was full of jellyfish and brown seaweed.
- Extract from : « The Search Party » by G. A. Birmingham
- His face looked like a jellyfish when Higgins got through with him.
- Extract from : « Droll Stories of Isthmian Life » by Evelyn Saxton
Synonyms for jellyfish
- abashed
- affrighted
- afraid
- aghast
- alarmed
- alarmist
- anxious
- baby
- biting nails
- butterflies
- caitiff
- chicken
- chicken heart
- chicken liver
- chicken-hearted
- concerned
- coward
- cowed
- craven
- cream puff
- cry-baby
- crybaby
- cuckold
- cur
- daisy
- dastard
- deserter
- dismayed
- disquieted
- dotard
- doubtful
- faint-of-heart
- faintheart
- fearful
- featherweight
- feel in bones
- foreboding
- fraidy-cat
- frozen
- funk
- get vibes
- gutless
- gutless wonder
- have a hunch
- have cold feet
- have funny feeling
- have stage fright
- having kittens
- hothouse plant
- hung up
- in a cold sweat
- in a dither
- in a panic
- in a sweat
- invertebrate
- jellyfish
- jittery
- jumpy
- lily liver
- lily-livered
- loser
- malingerer
- meek soul
- milksop
- misfit
- mistrustful
- momma's boy
- mouse
- mousy
- namby-pamby
- numb
- panicky
- pansy
- pantywaist
- pessimist
- petrified
- poltroon
- puppy
- pushing the panic button
- pushover
- quitter
- rabbit
- rabbity
- recreant
- running scared
- scared stiff
- scaredy cat
- scaredy-cat
- schlemiel
- shaky
- shirk
- shirker
- shivery
- sissy
- skulker
- sneak
- softy
- spooked
- startled
- stiff
- suspicious
- terrified
- terror-stricken
- terrorized
- troubled
- uncertain
- uneasy
- unnerved
- uptight
- weak
- weak soul
- weakling
- white liver
- wimp
- worried
- worried sick
- wuss
- wussy
- yellow
- yellow belly
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