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SKITTISHNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skittishness mean?
• SKITTISHNESS (noun)
The noun SKITTISHNESS has 1 sense:
1. characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
Familiarity information: SKITTISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
restiveness; skittishness
Hypernyms ("skittishness" is a kind of...):
nervousness (a sensitive or highly strung temperament)
Derivation:
skittish (unpredictably excitable (especially of horses))
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