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Meanings of skittish in English
Synonyms
Examples for "nervous"
Examples for "nervous"
1
Johnson said teachers were also nervous about the health risk of reopening.
2
The economic slowdown in Europe and China also made many investors nervous.
3
But any screening programme makes many in the health sector deeply nervous.
4
The answer is easy: You'll be fine if you avoid getting nervous.
5
The Government returned to work this week more nervous than ever before.
1
In case you haven't heard, people are spooky on airplanes these days.
2
That doesn't mean to say that there's anything spooky about his house.'
3
Here are the classics, in no particular order, for your spooky enjoyment.
4
Startling lighting and sound effects add further to the already spooky atmosphere.
5
Looking for a scary movie or show to enjoy this spooky season?
1
She is a flower child-equalparts flighty and carefree, serious and decisive.
2
I have been a foolish, flighty girl; I am sorry for it.
3
These assertive winter visitors from Scandinavia and Russia are wary, flighty birds.
4
Ana had played it perfectly, coming across as flighty, diminutive, and weak.
5
Exactly the sort of woman to take care of a flighty preacher.
Usage of skittish in English
1
Even in Europe, many nations have been skittish about the recent sanctions.
2
They're skittish and inbred, given the stocks we have to work with.
3
I just rescued Lucifer three months ago, and he's really skittish still.
4
She seemed skittish, unable to remain still for more than a second.
5
So I would expect markets to stay skittish throughout the whole summer.
6
O'Toole crept along the edge of the wash, approaching the skittish animals.
7
A bare year out of action and behaving like a skittish colt!
8
The strong rhetoric and inflexibility on both sides have made investors skittish.
9
The others, more skittish, danced away from me every time I moved.
10
Tommy shied from her position in the road like a skittish horse.
11
Feeling skittish about picking a lackluster U.S. sector and hoping it rebounds?
12
The animal he rode danced a skittish side-step from time to time.
13
Lorie's apt to be skittish of men for the next few years.
14
Even another rate cut from China could not steady the skittish mood.
15
Mounted at the gate with Mr. H. Horse skittish, and wants exercise.
16
They were leaving town, and the horses were skittish in the wind.
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Skittish through the time
Skittish across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common