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tim·id

(tĭm′ĭd)

adj. tim·id·er, tim·id·est

1. Lacking self-confidence; shy.

2. Fearful and hesitant: problems that call for bold, not timid, responses.

[Latin timidus, from timēre, to fear.]

ti·mid′i·ty, tim′id·ness n.

tim′id·ly adv.

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timid

(ˈtɪmɪd)

adj

1. easily frightened or upset, esp by human contact; shy

2. indicating shyness or fear

[C16: from Latin timidus, from timēre to fear]

tiˈmidity, ˈtimidness n

ˈtimidly adv

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tim•id

(ˈtɪm ɪd)

adj. , -er, -est.

1. lacking in self-assurance, courage, or boldness; timorous; shy.

2. indicating fear or lack of assurance: a timid manner.

[1540–50; < Latin timidus fearful =tim(ēre) to fear + -idus -id⁴]

ti•mid′i•ty, tim′id•ness, n.

tim′id•ly, adv.

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Noun	1.	timid - people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid" cautious people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" brave - people who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave"
Adj.	1.	timid - showing fear and lack of confidence unadventurous - lacking in boldness afraid - filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions" unassertive - inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence; "a shy unassertive person" backward - (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover" cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley bold - fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"
	2.	timid - lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man" shy, unsure, diffident
	3.	timid - lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady" fainthearted, faint-hearted, faint cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

timid

adjective nervous, shy, retiring, modest, shrinking, fearful, cowardly, apprehensive, coy, diffident, bashful, mousy, timorous, pusillanimous, faint-hearted, irresolute A timid child, she had learnt obedience at an early age.
confident, brave, daring, bold, forward, aggressive, fierce, arrogant, forceful, fearless, shameless, self-confident, unabashed, self-assured, presumptuous, ballsy (taboo slang)

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timid

adjective

1. Not forward but reticent or reserved in manner:

backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, modest, retiring, self-effacing, shy.

2. Given to or exhibiting hesitation:

halting, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, pendulous, shilly-shally, tentative, vacillant, vacillatory.

Translations

جَبان، هَيّاب، خَجول، خَوّاف

bázlivýplachý

frygtsom

ängstlich schüchtern zaghaft

άτολμος

corto

peureux timide

styggur; huglítill; feiminn

timido timoroso

bailīgsbiklskautrīgs

tímido

plašen

çekingen korkak ürkek

胆怯的

timid

[ˈtɪmɪd] ADJ [person] → tímido; [animal] → huraño, asustadizo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

timid

[ˈtɪmɪd] adj (= shy) → timide (= easily scared) → peureux/euse

timid

adj → scheu, ängstlich; person, behaviour, words also → schüchtern, zaghaft; measure → zaghaft; to be timid about doing something → etw nur zögernd tun

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timid

[ˈtɪmɪd] adj (shy) → timido/a; (easily scared) → timoroso/a, pauroso/a

timid

(ˈtimid) adjective

easily frightened; nervous; shy. A mouse is a timid creature.

ˈtimidly adverb

tiˈmidity noun

ˈtimidness noun

timid

a. tímido-a.

timid

adj tímido

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Grundy "employs guile" against the "Timidest trespasser huntress of love," the child, who hoping for affection, was at first vulnerable but who soon realizes "What kind of creature is thine for foe" (A Choice of De la Mare's Verse, 134-35).