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Shy
Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
Coercion
The act or process of coercing.
Paralyzed
of Paralyze
Tentative
An essay; a trial; an experiment.
Undaunted
Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear.
Vacillate
To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.
Diffidence
The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others.
Truculent
Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia.
Pick
To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
Mealy-mouthed
Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.
Cowardly
Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.
Dauntless
Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.
Lour
An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.
Submission
The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation.
Force
To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.
Pick
The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to a..
Pallid
Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue.
Fear
A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.
Coy
Quiet; still.
Cowed
of Cow
Deter
To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.
Denounce
To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.
Petrified
of Petrify
Faltering
of Falter
Brag
To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of ..
Funky
Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.
Terrorism
The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.
Hesitating
of Hesitate
Vapor
Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.
Submission
The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance.
Rodomontade
Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.
Overmaster
To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.
Henpeck
To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).
Frighten
To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.
Bravado
Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.
Face
The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face.
Fanfaronade
A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.
Roister
To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent.
Monition
Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.
Faintly
In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.
Threat
The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
Menace
The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.
Stupefied
Having been made stupid.
Humility
The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinful..
Ashen
Of or pertaining to the ash tree.
Subjugate
To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish.
Domineer
To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domin..
Castrate
To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.
Repress
To press again.
Menacing
of Menace
Warn
To refuse.
Threaten
To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn.
Hector
A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.
Oppressor
One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.
Meek
Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive.
Sheepish
Of or pertaining to sheep.
Blanched
of Blanch
Inarticulate
Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.
Discourage
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need n..
Unconstraint
Freedom from constraint; ease.
Fainthearted
Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.
Dismayed
of Dismay
Frightening
of Frighten
Reticent
Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
Yellow
Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.
Undone
p. p. of Undo.
Imminence
The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress.
Cautious
Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a cautious general.
Dismay
To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
Retiring
of Retire
Horrify
To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.
Overawe
To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear.
Daunt
To overcome; to conquer.
Violence
The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.
Swagger
To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
Fluster
To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.
Coerce
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
Dragoon
Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.
Discouraging
of Discourage
Fearful
Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.
Fee-faw-fum
A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant.
Diffident
Wanting confidence in others; distrustful.
Compel
To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
Stammering
of Stammer
Tremulous
Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.
Unnerve
To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm.
Browbeat
of Browbeat
Shanghai
To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.
Fearless
Free from fear.
Incontinence
Alt. of Incontinency
Intimidate
To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
Admonition
Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.
Shame
A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to con..
Bludgeon
A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.
Laxness
The state of being lax; laxity.
Unruliness
Quality or state unruly.
Push
A pustule; a pimple.
Softness
The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.
Intemperance
The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions.
Confident
See Confidant.
Denunciation
Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.
Frozen
of Freeze
Scary
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
Lower
Compar. of Low, a.
Fearsome
Frightful; causing fear.
Deterrent
Serving to deter.
Unsociable
Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper.
Slang
imp. of Sling. Slung.
Aghast
To affright; to terrify.
Astounded
of Astound
Hesitant
Not prompt in deciding or acting; hesitating.
Stunned
of Stun
Backward
Alt. of Backwards
Chicken
A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
Enslave
To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.
Confused
of Confuse
Suppress
To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
Huff
To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
Abusive
Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied.
Bluster
To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.
Modest
Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.
Gasconade
A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio.
Demure
Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.
Threatening
of Threaten
Lowering
of Lower
Monitory
Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning.
Submissive
Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
Nervous
possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.
Shy
Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
Remonstrate
To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.
Soft
Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft w..
Blustering
of Bluster
Straining
of Strain
Unrestraint
Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.
Tame
To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
Shivery
Tremulous; shivering.
Obedient
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.
Pluckless
Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
Ominous
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding ..
Enforce
To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
Denounce
To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil).
Demoralize
To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in ..
Conscious
Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.
Timorous
Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.
Warning
of Warn
Afraid
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.
Shaky
Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.
Confidence
The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.
Unman
To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like.
Rant
To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher.
Weakness
The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.
Storm
A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not.
Flurry
A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.
Skittish
Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.
Spineless
Having no spine.
Bashful
Abashed; daunted; dismayed.
Dastardly
Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage.
Admonish
To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.
Caution
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
Expostulate
To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed b..
Weak
Wanting physical strength.
Abandon
To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
Tentative
Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
Mousy
Infested with mice; smelling of mice.
Terrorist
One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
Timid
Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.
Scare
To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
Terrorize
To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.
Formidable
Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming.
Imminent
Threatening to occur immediately; near at hand; impending; -- said especially of misfortune or peril.
Bluff
Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.
Splutter
To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter.
Tyrannize
To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not neces..
Meticulous
Timid; fearful.
Oppress
To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.
Foreboding
of Forebode
Ride
To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
Bully
A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
Lean
To conceal.
Prey
Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.
Embarrassment
A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedne..
Terror
Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
Shrinking
of Shrink
Rave
imp. of Rive.
Pick
To throw; to pitch.
Pressure
The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
Bounce
To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
Confusion
The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.
Force
To stuff; to lard; to farce.
Bulldoze
To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana.
Unmanned
Deprived of manly qualities; deficient in vigor, strength, courage, etc.; weak; effeminate.
Get
Jet, the mineral.
Sputter
To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
Duress
Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
Override
To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
Cow
A chimney cap; a cowl
Ruffle
To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
Harass
To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out.
Bustle
To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
Unflinching
Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding.
Face
The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a ..
Caveat
A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the..
Intimidation
The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation.
Rage
Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will.
Side
The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; ..
Remonstrance
The act of remonstrating
Forebode
To foretell.
Fuss
A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.
Thunder
The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
Fearful
inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid.
Grind
To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.
Break
To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock.
