About The Word Timid
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Timid
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What's The Definition Of Timid?
[n] people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"
[adj] showing fear and lack of confidence [adj] lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady" [adj] lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man" [adj] contemptibly timid Synonyms | Synonyms for Timid: bashful | cautious | coy | diffident | faint | fainthearted | intimidated | mousey | mousy | shy | timorous | trepid | unconfident | unmanful | unmanlike | unmanly | unsure Related Terms | Find terms related to Timid: See Also | afraid(p) | backward | coward(a) | cowardly | fearful | people | unadventurous | unassertive Timid In Webster's Dictionary \Tim"id\, a. [L. timidus, fr. timere to fear; cf. Skr. tam
to become breathless, to become stupefief: cf. F. timide.]
Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous;
not bold; fearful; shy.
Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. --Thomson.
Syn: Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous;
faint-hearted; shrinking; retiring. -- {Tim"id*ly}, adv.
-- {Tim"id*ness}, n.
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