timid 音标拼音: [t'ɪmɪd]
a . 胆小的,羞怯的
胆小的,羞怯的
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 " [
synonym : {
diffident }, {
shy }, {
timid },
{
unsure }] [
ant : {
confident }]
3 :
lacking conviction or boldness or courage ; "
faint heart ne '
er won fair lady " [
synonym : {
faint }, {
fainthearted }, {
timid },
{
faint -
hearted }]
n 1 :
people who are fearful and cautious ; "
whitewater rafting is not for the timid " [
synonym : {
timid }, {
cautious }] [
ant :
{
brave }]
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 ]
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "
timid ":
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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