'Timid' definitions:
Definition of 'timid'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Showing fear and lack of confidence [ant: bold]
adjective
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]
adjective
Lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady" [syn: faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted]
noun
Definition of 'Timid'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'timid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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