scaredy-cat in English
noun
1
a timid person.
In the grubby gaze and glare of publicity, the ACT members run like scaredy-cats - like the scared hares that they are.
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1. 17 synonyms for Coward: wimp, chicken, scaredy-cat, sneak, funk, craven, pussy, yellow-belly, poltroon
2. One cat, "Blee-Blee" "short" for Blixa, took an instant liking to me despite being a bit of a scaredy cat and afraid of …
3. The fearless rodent proved he was no scaredy-cat as he astonishingly squared up to his large opponent and refused to budge – giving a new slant to the game of cat and mouse.