skittish
adjectiveEasily startled, nervous, or unsettled.
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Clear all filtersEasily startled, nervous, or unsettled.
An insulting term for a woman judged dirty or untidy.
Showing excessive obedience or imitation with little independence.
Excessively obedient
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Sordid or disreputable; also flimsy and of poor quality.
Sordid or disreputable
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Carelessly untidy in appearance, habits, or work.
A habitually lazy or inactive person.
Moving, responding, or developing with little speed or energy.
To smile in a smug, affected, or self-satisfied manner.
Excessively pleased or satisfied with oneself.
Excessively self-satisfied
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Freedom from intoxication; also seriousness or restraint.
Freedom from intoxication
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Relationships, networks, and shared norms that support cooperation and access to social resources.
Resources in social relationships
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The process of evaluating oneself or one's circumstances in relation to other people.
Evaluating oneself against others
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Relating to the interaction of social and economic conditions.
A temporary stay in a place.
Serious and dignified in manner, often because of the occasion's importance.
Showing attentive concern or care, sometimes excessively.
Attentive care or concern for someone's needs or well-being.
To make something firmer, more secure, or more firmly established.
Living, acting, or occurring alone, without companions.
Either annual point when the Sun reaches its greatest apparent northern or southern position relative to the equator.
Annual solar turning point
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Sleepy or drowsy.
A person who uses clever but misleading reasoning; also a member of an ancient Greek teaching tradition.
Clever but misleading reasoner
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Refinement, worldly experience, or complexity of design or thought.
Refinement and experience
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Causing sleepiness or dulling alertness.
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