Antonyms for running scared
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
- at ease
- be calm
- be content
- bold
- brave
- calm
- certain
- clear
- collected
- comforted
- composed
- confident
- cool
- courageous
- daring
- dauntless
- definite
- easy-going
- extroverted
- fearless
- good
- happy
- inapprehensive
- laid-back
- nice
- pleasant
- quiet
- sure
- unafraid
- undaunted
- undoubting
- unfearful
- unquestionable
- unsuspicious
- unworried
Definition of running scared
- As in apprehensive : adj anxious, fearful
- As in cowardly : adj fearful
- As in fearful : adj alarmed, apprehensive
- As in frightened : adj very scared
- As in panic : verb become, make afraid or distressed
- As in turn tail : verb turn and run away
Synonyms for running scared
- abashed
- affrighted
- aflutter
- afraid
- aghast
- agitated
- alarm
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- be terror-stricken
- become hysterical
- biting nails
- butterflies
- caitiff
- chicken
- chicken out
- chicken-hearted
- chickenhearted
- clutch
- come apart
- concerned
- cowed
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- dastardly
- desert under fire
- diffident
- discomposed
- dismayed
- disquieted
- disturbed
- doubtful
- fainthearted
- fearful
- feel in bones
- foreboding
- freeze up
- frightened
- frozen
- get vibes
- go to pieces
- goose-bumpy
- gutless
- have a fit
- have a hunch
- have cold feet
- have funny feeling
- have stage fright
- having kittens
- having the willies
- hesitant
- hung up
- in a cold sweat
- in a dither
- in a panic
- in a sweat
- intimidated
- jellyfish
- jittery
- jumpy
- lacking courage
- lily-livered
- lose it
- lose nerve
- make a U-turn
- mistrustful
- mousy
- nerveless
- nervous
- nervy
- no guts
- numb
- overreact
- panicky
- paper tiger
- perturbed
- petrified
- phobic
- pigeonhearted
- push panic button
- pushing the panic button
- pusillanimous
- quivery
- rabbity
- recreant
- retiring
- retreat
- run scared
- running scared
- scare
- scared
- scared stiff
- scaredy-cat
- shake in boots
- shaky
- sheepish
- shivery
- shrinking
- shy
- sissy
- skedaddle
- skittish
- soft
- solicitous
- spineless
- spooked
- stampede
- startle
- startled
- stiff
- suspicious
- tense
- terrified
- terrify
- terror-stricken
- terrorized
- timid
- timorous
- tremulous
- troubled
- turn around
- turn on a dime
- uncertain
- uneasy
- unmanly
- unnerve
- unnerved
- uptight
- weak
- weak-kneed
- worried
- worried sick
- worthless
- yellow
- yellow-bellied
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