| timid(adjective, weak, nervous, shy, fearful) |
| cowardly(adjective, weak, nervous, shy, fearful) |
| subservient(adjective, humble, compliant, submissive, docile) |
| cringing(verb, adjective, inferior, humble, compliant) |
| fawning(verb, adjective, inferior, compliant, submissive) |
| groveling(verb, adjective, humble, flattering, deferential) |
| grovelling(verb, adjective) |
| mousy(adjective, weak, nervous, shy, meek) |
| obsequious(adjective, inferior, compliant, submissive, docile) |
| toadying(noun, adjective, flattering, sycophantic, praising) |
| abject(adjective, inferior, humble, compliant, submissive) |
| crawling(verb, adjective, humble, flattering, deferential) |
| faltering(verb, adjective, flinching) |
| fearful(adjective, weak, nervous, shy, spineless) |
| bootlicking(noun, adjective, inferior, humble, compliant) |
| coward(adjective, characteristic, quality, worry, dread) |
| flinching(verb, flinching) |
| shrinking(verb, weak, nervous, shy, fearful) |
| skulking |
| truckling |