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abulic
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aflutter(shy, worried, afraid, apprehensive, scared)
1
backward(weak, spineless, gutless)
1
base(weak, spineless, gutless)
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chicken-hearted(weak, subservient, spineless, gutless, falsehearted)
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corruptible
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cowering(weak, nervous, shy, fearful, subservient)
1
cowhearted(weak, subservient, spineless, gutless, falsehearted)
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dastard
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dastardly(weak, spineless, gutless)
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delicate
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discomposed(shy, worried, afraid, apprehensive, scared)
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feckless
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feebleminded
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frail
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funking
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goose-bumpy(shy, worried, afraid, apprehensive, scared)
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harrowed(adjective, frightened)
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having the willies(expression, idiom, weak, subservient, spineless)
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hesitant(nervous, shy, worried, fearful, afraid)
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