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Easily excitable with an excessive amount of energy

Faint of heart and easily frightened

Showing or feeling anxiety, insecurity or uncertainty

(of a person) Playfully frivolous or unpredictable

Playful in a flirtatious way

Quick or likely to change consistently

Rather offbeat or eccentric

Silly, especially in a childish way

Frightening or unnerving in the manner of something eerie or supernatural

Irritable and quick to take offense at petty things

Cautious, hesitant, or nervous about something

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Adjective

Easily excitable with an excessive amount of energy

excessively active

knock-down-and-drag-out

hammer and tongs

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“He could be a pillar of strength and steadiness when need required, and then in a trice turn and become as skittish and excitable as a young colt.”

Adjective

Faint of heart and easily frightened

easily frightened

lacking courage

having cold feet

lacking confidence

lacking self-confidence

lacking in confidence

lacking assurance

not self-assured

easily embarrassed

uncommunicative

keeping a low profile

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“In general, bonding with a horse is like gaining the trust of a skittish child.”

Adjective

Showing or feeling anxiety, insecurity or uncertainty

feeling anxious

like a cat on a hot tin roof

like a cat on hot bricks

on pins and needles

bundle of nerves

a bundle of nerves

hot under the collar

easily frightened

easily agitated

hot and bothered

in a state of agitation

all of a dither

in a state of nerves

all of a lather

all of a doodah

discombobulated

bricking oneself

in a cold sweat

like a fish out of water

waiting with bated breath

having butterflies in the stomach

waiting for the axe to fall

beside yourself

with one's stomach in knots

with your heart in your mouth

discountenanced

champing at the bit

shaking in one's shoes

sweating bullets

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

anxiously waiting

nervously awaiting

on the qui vive

having cold feet

having a funny feeling

having stage fright

hot-and-bothered

throwing a wobbly

out of your mind

hot under collar

at the end of your tether

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“Marketing organizations and travel suppliers have been quite skittish about the upcoming season.”

Adjective

(of a person) Playfully frivolous or unpredictable

in high spirits

full of vim and vigour

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

full of get-up-and-go

feeling one's oats

good-humoured^UK

full of joie de vivre

good-humored^US

alive and kicking

bright and breezy

full of the joys of spring

as merry as a grig

as lively as a grig

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

in good spirits

hale and hearty

full of the joy of living

full of vim and vigor

bright-coloured

brightly coloured^UK

tongue-in-cheek

peaches-and-cream

brightly colored^US

looking like an explosion in a paint factory

like an explosion in a paint factory

coming on strong

as game as Ned Kelly

like a new person

fresh as a daisy

confrontational

exhibitionistic

preoccupied with

rushed off one's feet with

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“Ganatra brings a quiet, sensual intensity to her role in Chutney Popcorn, perfectly complementing Hennessy's skittish character.”

Adjective

Playful in a flirtatious way

“Mabel was skittish and flirty, twisting around on the lead as she tried to show herself off.”

Adjective

Quick or likely to change consistently

blowing hot and cold

full of ups and downs

rapidly changing

rapidly evolving

subject to change

likely to change

constantly changing

always changing

vicissitudinous

without purpose

disorganized^US

catch-as-catch-can

not conscientious

disorganised^UK

without direction

continuously changing

on-again-off-again

from left field

out of the blue

shot-in-the-dark

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“Amid skittish markets, a sharp fall in S&P index futures had fed through to the stock market.”

Adjective

Rather offbeat or eccentric

“The picture's skittish sense of humor is typified by the inclusion of Roger Moore sending up as far as is legally possible his turn as James Bond.”

Adjective

Silly, especially in a childish way

feather-brained

lacking seriousness

not the full shilling

slow on the uptake

soft in the head

thick as two short planks

dead from the neck up

as thick as two short planks

uncomprehending

wet behind the ears

unknowledgeable

unsophisticated

a brick short of a load

not intelligent

as green as grass

mentally deficient

mentally handicapped

without thought

two sandwiches short of a picnic

foolishly stupid

not quite right

not thinking clearly

with a mind like a sieve

lacking knowledge

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

devoid of intelligence

ill-thought-out

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Frightening or unnerving in the manner of something eerie or supernatural

out of the ordinary

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Adjective

Irritable and quick to take offense at petty things

ill-humoured^UK

easily agitated

easily frightened

like a bear with a sore head

uncommunicative

on a short fuse

as cross as two sticks

evil-intentioned

down in the mouth

easily offended

having got out of bed the wrong side

having got out of bed on the wrong side

perversely irritable

with a long face

having short fuse

hot under collar

having a fit of the sulks

hot under the collar

bundle of nerves

huffy irascible

confrontational

foaming at the mouth

bent out of shape

spoiling for a fight

have chip on shoulder

in high dudgeon

not best pleased

have a bone to pick

with all guns blazing

looking for trouble

blue in the face

beside yourself with rage

apt to fly off the handle

unaccommodating

got up on wrong side of bed

having a chip on one's shoulder

itching to fight

ready for a fight

overcome with anger

at end of one's rope

hot and bothered

beside yourself

at boiling point

rubbed the wrong way

in a filthy temper

unsportsmanlike

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

passive-aggressive

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Adjective

Cautious, hesitant, or nervous about something

been hit before

not born yesterday

lacking confidence

sitting on the fence

shilly-shallying

like doubting Thomas

blowing hot and cold

having reservations

have misgivings

have reservations

on the horns of a dilemma

having misgivings

not in the mood

humming and hawing

hemming and hawing

betwixt and between

running hot and cold

unenthusiastic about

not in favour of

hedging your bets

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