ADJECTIVE | all | timid | showing fear and lack of confidence |
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all | timid, diffident, shy, unsure | lacking self-confidence | |
all | timid, faint, fainthearted, faint-hearted | lacking conviction or boldness or courage | |
NOUN | group | timid, cautious | people who are fearful and cautious |
Sounds | tih'mihd | |
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Rhymes | abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... |
Meaning | showing fear and lack of confidence. | |
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Attribute of | timidity, timorousness | fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities |
Narrower | bashful | self-consciously timid |
coy | modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures | |
fearful, timorous, trepid | timid by nature or revealing timidity | |
intimidated | made timid or fearful as by threats / threats | |
mousy, mousey | quiet and timid and ineffectual | |
See also | afraid | Filled with fear or apprehension |
backward | (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature | |
cowardly, fearful | lacking courage | |
unadventurous | lacking in boldness | |
unassertive | Inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence | |
Opposite | bold | fearless and daring |
Spanish | tímido | |
Catalan | tímid | |
Nouns | timidity, timidness | fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions |
Adverbs | timidly | in a shy or timid or bashful manner |
Meaning | Lacking self-confidence. | |
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Example | "problems that call for bold not timid responses" | |
Synonyms | diffident, shy, unsure | |
Attribute of | confidence | A feeling of trust (in someone or something) |
Opposite | confident | Having or marked by confidence or assurance |
Spanish | difidente, inseguro, tímido, vergonzoso | |
Catalan | insegur, tímid, vergonyós | |
Nouns | timidness | fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions |
Meaning | lacking conviction or boldness or courage. | |
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Synonyms | faint, fainthearted, faint-hearted | |
Broader | cowardly, fearful | lacking courage |
Spanish | débil, medroso, pusilánime, tímido | |
Catalan | indecís, poruc, pusil·lànime | |
Nouns | timidity, timorousness | fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities |
timidness, timorousness | fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions |
Meaning | People who are fearful and cautious. | |
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Example | "whitewater rafting is not for the timid" | |
Synonym | cautious | |
Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
Opposite | brave | People who are brave |
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