Definition of afraid of their shadow

afraid of (one's) shadow    

adjective

• skittish.

  My little boy is afraid of his own shadow, but I'm hoping he'll grow out of it.

  • See more words with the same meaning: afraid, scared.

  Last edited on Aug 18 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'afraid, scared':
freaked out	Definitions include: scared.
bite (one's) nails	Definitions include: to be nervous or afraid.
on edge	Definitions include: nervous.
shook	Definitions include: shaken up, flustered. Also shooked.
jitters, the	Definitions include: nervousness.
scaredy cat	Definitions include: a scared person.
get cold feet	Definitions include: see cold feet.
chicken	Definitions include: a coward.
skerred	Definitions include: scared.
chicken out	Definitions include: to not go through with a plan because of fear.
shy bladder	Definitions include: the inability to urinate in the presence of others.
chicken-sh*t	Definitions include: feeble.
skeered	Definitions include: scared.
skurred	Definitions include: "scared".
FOMO	Definitions include: acronym for "fear of missing out".
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Other terms relating to 'of':
abbreviated piece of nothing	Definitions include: a worthless person.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a few cans short of a six pack	Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
a few fries short of a happy meal	Definitions include: "not all there".
a grain of *ssault	Definitions include: an amount of violence.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
a hell of a	Definitions include: an impressive.
a hell of an	Definitions include: an impressive.
all kinds of	Definitions include: many.
all of my yes	Definitions include: an emphatic "yes".
all that and a bag of chips	Definitions include: better than all that.
all that and a bag of Fritos	Definitions include: the best.
apple of (one's) eye	Definitions include: something or someone cherished above all others.
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Other terms relating to 'shadow':
five o'clock shadow	Definitions include: the darkening of mens' faces late in the day due to hair growth after prior shaving.

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