Usually means: Fearful person, easily frightened, timid.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word scaredy-cat:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. scaredy-cat: Merriam-Webster
  2. scaredy-cat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scaredy-cat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. scaredy-cat, scaredy-cat: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scaredy-cat: Wordnik
  6. scaredy-cat: Wiktionary
  7. scaredy-cat: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. scaredy-cat: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. scaredy-cat: Dictionary.com
  10. scaredy-cat: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. scaredy-cat: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. scaredy-cat: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (endearing) A coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared.

Similar:
faint of heart, nebbish, shyer, querulent, weakling, heartquake, fledgling, creepy-crawly, pawkiness, whimling, more...

Opposite:
brave, fearless, courageous

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Similar:
faint of heart, nebbish, shyer, querulent, weakling, heartquake, fledgling, creepy-crawly, pawkiness, whimling, more...

Opposite:
brave, fearless, courageous



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