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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
timid
    adj 1: showing fear and lack of confidence [ant: bold]
    2: 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, timid,
       unsure] [ant: confident]
    3: lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er
       won fair lady" [syn: faint, fainthearted, timid,
       faint-hearted]
    n 1: people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is
         not for the timid" [syn: timid, cautious] [ant:
         brave]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   Syn: Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous;
        faint-hearted; shrinking; retiring.
        [1913 Webster] -- Tim"id*ly, adv. -- Tim"id*ness, n.
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Thesaurus Results for timid:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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