a scaredy-cat



a scaredy-cat

  (informal)
someone who is frightened when there is no reason to be
Usage notes: This phrase is used especially by children.
Go on you scaredy-cat, jump in.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hawthorne['hɔ:θɔ:n]
KnudKNOODDanish
Spartak-Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Albanian, Armenian, Georgian
Nnenna-Western African, Igbo
EgbertEG-bərt (English), EKH-bərt (Dutch)English, Dutch
Karam-Arabic