Take the 2-minute tour ×  This word was on my mind earlier, been
trying to remember it but can't. It is used when someone is
uncomfortable of meeting someone else; they fear something and
overthink. So they try to avoid meeting or seeing people.  It
would be used in a sentence like:  I can understand you are [the
word here], but...  share|improve this question Social anxiety?
–  JAM Oct 3 '12 at 20:44 thefreedictionary.com/scaredy-cat ? – 
Alok Oct 3 '12 at 20:59 It is a single word, I must remember
it... or else it will be bugging me all night. I believe it
starts with M I think it does. –  user26863 Oct 3 '12 at 21:11
One word that came to my mind was paranoid. Apart from its
clinical definition, it can also mean unreasonably or
obsessively anxious [NOAD]. As for a word beginning with M, the
best I could come up with was mousy: (of a person) nervous, shy,
or timid [NOAD again]. –  J.R. Oct 3 '12 at 23:21 I think this
is Not Constructive. OP may well believe he has a specific word
in mind that he can't recal