'Timorous' definitions:
Definition of 'timorous'
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Definition of 'Timorous'
From: GCIDE
- Timorous \Tim"or*ous\, a. [LL. timorosus, from L. timor fear; akin to timere to fear. See Timid.]
- 1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. "The timorous apostasy of chuchmen." --Milman. [1913 Webster] -- {Tim"or*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Tim"or*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'timorous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afraid,
- bashful,
- chicken,
- chickenhearted,
- confused,
- conscious,
- coward,
- cowardly,
- cowed,
- coy,
- daunted,
- demure,
- diffident,
- dismayed,
- fainthearted,
- fearful,
- fearing,
- fearsome,
- funking,
- funky,
- goosy,
- henhearted,
- in fear,
- inarticulate,
- intimidated,
- jumpy,
- lily-livered,
- milk-livered,
- milksoppish,
- milksoppy,
- mousy,
- nervous,
- overtimid,
- overtimorous,
- panic-prone,
- panicky,
- pigeonhearted,
- quailing,
- quivering,
- rabbity,
- recoiling,
- scary,
- self-conscious,
- shaky,
- shamefaced,
- shamefast,
- shivering,
- shivery,
- shrinking,
- shuddering,
- shy,
- sissified,
- sissy,
- skittery,
- skittish,
- soft,
- stammering,
- startlish,
- timid,
- trembling,
- tremulous,
- trepidant,
- trigger-happy,
- undaring,
- unmanly,
- unmanned,
- weak,
- weak-kneed,
- weakhearted,
- white-livered,
- yellow