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