Synonyms for fraidy-cat
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : frey-dee-kat |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfreɪ diˌkæt |
Top 10 synonyms for fraidy-cat Other synonyms for the word fraidy-cat
- chicken heart
- chicken liver
- cream puff
- cry-baby
- dastard
- deserter
- faint-of-heart
- faintheart
- featherweight
- fraidy-cat
- funk
- gutless
- invertebrate
- jellyfish
- lily liver
- loser
- malingerer
- milksop
- momma's boy
- mouse
- namby-pamby
- pansy
- pantywaist
- pessimist
- poltroon
- puppy
- quitter
- rabbit
- recreant
- scaredy cat
- scaredy-cat
- schlemiel
- shirk
- shirker
- sissy
- skulker
- sneak
- weakling
- white liver
- wimp
- wuss
- wussy
- yellow
- yellow belly
Définition of fraidy-cat
Origin :- "coward," by 1871, American English slang, from 'fraid, childish or dialectal (African, West Indies) pronunciation of afraid (by 1816), + cat.
- As in milksop : noun coward
- As in namby-pamby : noun pansy
- As in pantywaist : noun sissy
- As in wimp : noun weakling
- As in coward : noun person who is scared, easily intimidated
Antonyms for fraidy-cat
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