Easily frightened
Shy and easily frightened are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shy" instead an adjective phrase "Easily frightened".
Shy
Shy adjective - Easily frightened.
Easily frightened and shy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Easily frightened" instead an adjective "Shy".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- cowardly and easily frightened
- cowardly and shy
- nervous and easily frightened
- nervous and shy
- timid and easily frightened
- timid and shy
- anxious and easily frightened
- anxious and shy
- fearful and easily frightened
- fearful and shy
- apprehensive and easily frightened
- apprehensive and shy
- afraid and easily frightened
- afraid and shy
Both terms in one sentence
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Despite this, she's incredibly shy and easily frightened.
- But Chuckie, being the shy, paranoid, easily frightened little boy he is still spends the whole episode expecting something bad to happen until his sister finally convinces him to chill out....literally, they're having ice cream!
Source: Daycare Nightmare - In the gap between season 1 and 2, a commonly accepted Fanon personality for Luna emerged as a Shrinking Violet Woobie who was extremely demure, shy, and easily frightened, with most fanworks and fanfic utilizing that characterization.
Source: Characterization Marches On
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