6
yellow-bellied(adjective, weak, soft, slang, base)
5
diffident(adjective, weak, nervous, shy, worried)
5
fainthearted(weak, nervous, shy, feeble, worried)
5
frightened(adjective, weak, nervous, shy, worried)
5
poltroon
4
apprehensive(adjective, weak, nervous, shy, worried)
4
chicken-livered
4
chickenhearted(adjective, fear, shy, worried, afraid)
4
feeble(adjective, weak, nervous, shy, fearful)
4
nervous(adjective, weak, shy, worried, fearful)
4
retiring(adjective, weak, nervous, shy, fearful)
4
tame(adjective, fearful)
4
weak(adjective, nervous, shy, fearful, spineless)
4
weak-kneed(adjective, weak, soft, base, nervous)
3
anxious(adjective, weak, shy, worried, afraid)
3
bashful(adjective, nervous, shy, fearful)
3
intimidated(adjective, nervous, shy, worried, fearful)
3
spiritless(adjective, weak, nervous, shy, feeble)
3
unassertive(nervous, shy, feeble, fearful, ambivalent)
2
base(weak, spineless, gutless)
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