skittish

skittish is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.
2. transitive verb. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
3. adjective. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

   Synonyms: flighty, nervous, spooky

Synonyms

flighty, nervous, spooky

Common word forms

skittishly, skittishness

Words from these letters

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