skittish

«skittish» in Mova's school dictionary: Easily frightened, nervous and jumpy, ready to run off at… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (skittish, more skittish, most skittish)

meaning for a pupil

1) Easily frightened, nervous and jumpy, ready to run off at any noise. tree →

2) Of a horse, lively and likely to shy or bolt. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the lessons small animals such as rabbits who huddle together and feel uneasy when a fox or wolf is near

examples

• The skittish pony jumped at the sound of the bell. tree →
• The rabbits were skittish and ran at every noise. tree →
• Don't be skittish; the dog will not bite you. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «skittish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.