2
retiring(adjective, weak, spineless, gutless)
2
shy(adjective, weak, spineless, gutless)
2
spineless(weak, spiritless, gutless)
1
abashed(adjective, upset, worried, fearful, afraid)
1
affrighted(adjective, upset, worried, fearful, afraid)
1
anxious(upset, weak, spineless, hacked, scared)
1
apprehensive(adjective, weak, spineless, gutless)
1
backward(weak, spineless, gutless)
1
base(weak, spineless, gutless)
1
butterflies(adjective, upset, anxious, worried, fearful)
1
caitiff(weak, spineless, gutless, pigeonhearted)
1
chicken(adjective, upset, weak, worried, afraid)
1
cowed(adjective, upset, worried, fearful, afraid)
1
cowering(weak, subservient, spineless, gutless, falsehearted)
1
cowhearted(weak, subservient, spineless, gutless, falsehearted)
1
fainthearted(weak, subservient, spineless, gutless, falsehearted)
1
having kittens(expression, adjective, upset, anxious, worried)
1
having the willies(expression, idiom, weak, subservient, spineless)
1
in a panic(expression, adjective, idiom, upset, anxious)
1
ineffectual
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