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timid(adjective, weak, soft, base, nervous)
26
cowardly(adjective, weak, gentle, low, fear)
24
yellow(adjective, weak, soft, slang, low)
17
timorous(adjective, weak, soft, base, nervous)
14
fearful(adjective, weak, soft, base, nervous)
14
lily-livered(adjective, weak, soft, low, base)
11
chicken(adjective, weak, slang, low, fear)
10
faint-hearted(adjective, weak, fear, nervous)
9
afraid(adjective, weak, nervous, worried)
9
unmanly(adjective, fear, worried, afraid)
7
spineless(adjective, weak, nervous, fearful)
5
diffident(adjective, weak, nervous, worried)
5
fainthearted(weak, nervous, feeble, worried)
5
frightened(adjective, weak, nervous, worried)
4
apprehensive(adjective, weak, nervous, worried)
4
chickenhearted(adjective, fear, worried, afraid)
4
feeble(adjective, weak, nervous, fearful)
4
nervous(adjective, weak, worried, fearful)
4
retiring(adjective, weak, nervous, fearful)
4
weak(adjective, nervous, fearful, spineless)
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