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{s} skittish
Easily scared or startled; timid

The cat likes people he knows, but is skittish around strangers.

{a} easily frightened, shy, frisky, wanton
If you describe a person or animal as skittish, you mean they are easily made frightened or excited. The declining dollar gave heart to skittish investors. = nervous
Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt
Someone who is skittish does not concentrate on anything or take life very seriously. his relentlessly skittish sense of humour
Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle
easily scared; timid
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
{s} nervous, high-strung, tense; fickle, changeable; mischievous, frisky, lively; shy