| shabby(adjective, person, negative) |
| shameful(adjective, person, negative) |
| sneaky(adjective, dishonest, underhanded) |
| sordid(adjective, person, negative) |
| unassertive(weak, nervous, shy, fearful, timid) |
| unspeakable(adjective, person, negative) |
| unworthy(adjective, person, negative) |
| weak-willed(adjective, weak, soft, submissive, timid) |
| wimpish(adjective, weak, timid, spineless, irresolution) |
| wishy-washy(adjective, dull, weak, soft, uncertain) |
| base(adjective, characteristic, weak, sly, spineless) |
| backward(adjective, characteristic, weak, spineless, gutless) |
| anxiously(adverb, fearfully) |
| apprehensively(adverb, fearfully) |
| awful |
| cowed(weak, nervous, shy, fearful, suspicious) |
| daunted(nervous, shy, fearful, suspicious, timid) |
| faintheartedly(adverb, fearfully) |
| ineffective(adjective, weak, soft, feeble, mediocre) |
| lacking courage(expression, adjective, idiom, weak, subservient) |