gun-shy



gun-shy

1. Frightened of using a gun or by the sound of one firing. My other three sons all really love to hunt, but Tommy's a little bit gun-shy.
2. Hesitant or wary of something or some action, especially after having previously suffered a negative experience of such. I've been rather gun-shy about driving ever since I got into that car accident last year.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Imen-Arabic
Vitomir-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Shridevi-Hinduism
Rosannaro-ZAHN-nah (Italian), ro-ZAN-ə (English)Italian, English
Elisie-Macedonian
Arnborg-Swedish (Rare)