scaredy-cat

“Wow, Althea. Little noises got you nervous? Guess you’re the scaredy-cat you always were.”

Use direct language, not couched in scaredy-cat false equivalence, about the dangers of a second Trump presidency.

During wilderness orientation in Canada, Naomi said she was the "biggest scaredy-cat - I vocalised my nerves" and thinks this made others write her off.

“Ava’s a scaredy-cat of any loud noises,” said Rori Chang, who was there with her golden retriever.

That teasing quality, though sometimes charming — and often, if you are a scaredy-cat, a relief from the hard-core jolts — is the giveaway that “Grey House” should not be taken too seriously, regardless of its allusions to real-world horror of the past and present.