scaredy pants
scaredy pants noun: a notional pair of trousers or underwear worn by someone when acting cowardly.
Noun
scaredy pants (plural scaredy pants)
- A notional pair of trousers or underwear worn by someone when acting cowardly.
- Antonyms:
- big-boy pants, big-girl pants
- Synonym of scaredy-cat.
- Synonyms:
- bottler, caitiff, candy-ass, candy-arse, coistril, coward, chicken, chicken liver, chickenshit, cocktail
Synonyms of scaredy pants
- bottler
- candy-ass
- candy-arse
- coward
- chicken
- chicken liver
- chickenshit
- cocktail
- cowardy custard
- craven
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Antonyms
Forms of scaredy pants
| plural | scaredy pants |
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Origin of scaredy pants
From scared + -y + -pants.
Questions about scaredy pants
- What does scaredy pants mean?
- Scaredy pants means a notional pair of trousers or underwear worn by someone when acting cowardly.
- What part of speech is scaredy pants?
- Scaredy pants is a noun.
- What is the plural of scaredy pants?
- The plural of scaredy pants is scaredy pants.
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