| shrink back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, return) |
| skulk(verb, hide, recoil, tremble, shrink) |
| slink(verb, recoil, cringe, flinch, cowardice) |
| sneak(verb, hide, recoil, tremble, shrink) |
| truckle(verb, hide, recoil, tremble, shrink) |
| Funk |
| back out(expression, go, remove, withdraw, leave) |
| balk(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy) |
| bounce(verb, shy, recoil, jump, bound) |
| broiler |
| contract |
| covey |
| damsel |
| demur(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| disengage(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave) |
| droop(verb, tremble, shrink, quake, cower) |
| evade(verb, go, start, withdraw, leave) |
| faint(verb, tremble, shrink, quake, cower) |
| fawn(verb, hide, recoil, tremble, shrink) |
| fight shy(expression, idiom, cowardice) |