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| trembling(verb, nervous, shy, fearful) | |
| wincing(verb, flinching) | |
| flattering(adjective, sycophantic, praising, obsequious) | |
| afraid(adjective, weak, soft, low, base) | |
| anxious(weak, spineless, gutless) | |
| apprehensive(weak, nervous, shy, fearful, spineless) | |
| backward(weak, spineless, gutless) | |
| beggarly | |
| blenching | |
| blinking(verb, flinching) | |
| chicken-hearted(adjective, weak, subservient, spineless, gutless) | |
| cowhearted(adjective, weak, subservient, spineless, gutless) | |
| craven(weak, spineless, gutless) | |
| crouching | |
| dancing(adjective, inferior, compliant, submissive, obedient) | |
| dastardly(weak, spineless, gutless) | |
| deferential(adjective, inferior, humble, compliant, submissive) | |
| dismayed(weak, spineless, gutless) | |
| fainthearted(adjective, weak, nervous, shy, fearful) | |
| frightened(adjective, weak, soft, low, base) |
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