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]

English

Etymology

timidus < timeō 'I fear'.

Pronunciation

• /tɪmɪd/

Adjective

1. Lacking in courage or confidence.

Antonyms

• daredevil
• dauntless

Translations

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