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English

Etymology

timidus < timeo#Latin|timeō 'I fear'.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /tɪmɪd/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-timid.ogg


Adjective

  1. Lacking in courage or confidence.


Antonyms


Translations

et:timid es:timid fr:timid io:timid it:timid hu:timid pl:timid ta:timid te:timid vi:timid zh:timid

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Timid \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.
[1913 Webster]

Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. --Thomson.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous;
faint-hearted; shrinking; retiring.
[1913 Webster] -- Tim"id*ly, adv. -- Tim"id*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet timid
adj 1: showing fear and lack of confidence [ant: bold]
2: contemptibly timid
3: lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and
abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid
responses"; "a very unsure young man" [syn: diffident, shy,
unsure]
4: lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart
ne'er won fair lady" [syn: faint, fainthearted]
n : people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is
not for the timid" [syn: cautious] [ant: brave]
Moby Dictionary
afraid , apprehensive , bashful , cautious , chicken , chickenhearted ,
confused , conscious , coward , cowardly , cowed , coy , craven , daunted ,
demure , demurring , diffident , dismayed , fainthearted , faltering ,
fearful , fearing , fearsome , frightened , funking , funky , goosy ,
gutless , henhearted , hesitant , hesitating , humble , in fear ,
inarticulate , intimidated , jibbing , jumpy , lily-livered ,
milk-livered , milksoppish , milksoppy , modest , mousy , nervous ,
overtimid , overtimorous , panic-prone , panicky , pigeonhearted ,
pusillanimous , rabbity , retiring , scared , scary , scrupling ,
self-conscious , shaky , shamefaced , shamefast , shilly-shallying ,
shivery , shrinking , shy , sissified , sissy , skittery , skittish ,
soft , stammering , startlish , sticking , stickling , straining ,
tentative , timorous , trembling , tremulous , trepidant ,
trigger-happy , unassertive , unassured , unmanly , unmanned , weak ,
weak-kneed , weakhearted , white-livered , yellow


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