SKITTISH

[adjective] - (of people and animals) nervous or easily frightened, or (of a person) energetic and restlessThe sale of technology stocks shows just how skittish investors are about the impact of an economic downturn.My horse is rather skittish, so I have to keep him away from traffic.The first thing he realized was that Marilyn was a complete child, playful and skittish one moment, sulky and withdrawn the next.