0 (of people and animals) nervous or easily frightened:
1 (of people and animals) nervous and easily frightened:
The kitten was really skittish.
He is skittish most of the time, but often has moments of profound clarity.
Music critics called drill production style the sonic cousin to skittish footwork, southern-fried hip-hop and the 808 trigger-finger of trap.
He is very skittish and often backs away from confrontations.
Alternately, a horse may be backed into the stall from the front entry, again done in the case of a skittish horse.
Lone bugs in some species were known to be more likely to be skittish than bugs in groups.
In the first movement, skittish thematic elements are broken up by a broadly melodic middle section.
The dynamics and register also freely and abruptly jump about, contributing further to the skittish nature of this movement.
Deer are highly unpredictable, skittish animals whose normal reaction to an unfamiliar sound is to stop, look and listen to determine if they are being threatened.
