Definition of skittish Skittish

/skɪˈtɪʃ/ - [skitish] - skit•tish

We found 7 definitions of skittish from 5 different sources.

What does skittish mean?

Adjective skittish, skittisher, skittishest
skittish - unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
		flighty, spooky, nervous
		excitable easily excited

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skittish (v. t.)
Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.
skittish (v. t.)
Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.

skittish
skit′ish, adj. unsteady, light-headed, easily frightened: hasty, volatile, changeable: wanton.—adv. Skitt′ishly.—n. Skitt′ishness. [Skite.]

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skittish in sign language