Word Meanings - TIMID - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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,
Additional info about word: TIMID
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.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of TIMID)
- Afraid
- Fearful
- apprehensive
- timid
- timorous
- cowardly
- fainthearted
- cautious
- careful
- frightened
- alarmed
- terrified
- suspicious
- distrustful
- anxious
- Faint
- Weak
- languid
- fatigued
- unenergetic
- irresolute
- feeble
- exhausted
- half-hearted
- obscure
- dim
- pale
- faded
- inconspicuous
- Timid
- hesitating
- terrible
- awful
- frightful
- shocking
- terrific
- afraid
- horrible
- dreadful
- Shy
- reserved
- modest
- bashful
- Suspicion
- shrinking
- chary
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of TIMID)
Related words: (words related to TIMID)
- FADAISE
A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense. - RESERVE
1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen. - ANXIOUSLY
In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously. - FAINT
feint, false, faint, F. feint, p.p. of feindre to feign, suppose, 1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. 2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; - OBSCURENESS
Obscurity. Bp. Hall. - OBSCURER
One who, or that which, obscures. - APPREHENSIVENESS
The quality or state of being apprehensive. - HESITATION
1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation. 2. A faltering in speech; stammering. Swift. - FRIGHTFUL
1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn. - FEARFULNESS
The state of being fearful. - CHARYBDIS
A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla. - SHRINKINGLY
In a shrinking manner. - SHOCKDOG
See 1 - MODESTLY
In a modest manner. - EXHAUSTION
An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications - ALARM
1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in - DISCOVERTURE
A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. (more info) 1. Discovery. - FAINTLY
In a faint, weak, or timidmanner. - HESITATINGLY
With hesitation or doubt. - MODESTY
1. The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit. 2. Natural delicacy - OVERFATIGUE
Excessive fatigue. - UNBASHFUL
Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless. Shak. - SUBOBSCURELY
Somewhat obscurely or darkly. Donne. - INCAUTIOUS
Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark. You . . . incautious tread On fire with faithless embers overspread. Francis. - FATIMITE; FATIMIDE
Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed. -- n.