| shrinking(adjective, nervous, fearful, irresolute) |
| vacillatory(adjective, uncertain, doubtful, hesitant) |
| feeble(adjective, weak, gentle, delicate, modest) |
| half-hearted(adjective, uncertain, doubtful, hesitant) |
| soft(adjective, weak, gentle, modest, nervous) |
| spiritless(weak, soft, nervous, feeble) |
| yellow(adjective, weak, soft, nervous) |
| afraid(uncertain, nervous, doubtful, hesitant) |
| cowardly(adjective, weak, soft, gentle, uncertain) |
| delaying(adjective, uncertain, doubtful, hesitant) |
| diffident(uncertain, nervous, doubtful, hesitant) |
| faint-hearted(adjective, weak, soft, uncertain, nervous) |
| fearful(weak, soft, nervous, pathetic) |
| frightened(adjective, weak, soft, gentle, uncertain) |
| halting(adjective, weak, delicate, uncertain) |
| hanging back(expression, adjective, uncertain, doubtful) |
| lacking confidence(expression, adjective, uncertain, doubtful) |
| lazy(adjective, uncertain, doubtful, hesitant) |
| nervous(adjective, weak, gentle, uncertain, unstable) |
| pusillanimous(nervous, feeble, fearful, ambivalent) |