timid

From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid”), from timeō (“to fear”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪmɪd/

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timid (comparative timider or more timid, superlative timidest or most timid)

1. Lacking in courage or confidence.

   Synonyms: fearful, timorous, cautious, shy, bashful; see also Thesaurus:cautious, Thesaurus:shy

   Antonyms: courageous, daredevil, dauntless, bellicose, reckless, rash, aggressive, confident

   John's a very timid person. I doubt he'll be brave enough to face his brother.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.

• intimidate
• intimidation

• “timid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “timid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• dimit

timid

1. (anatomy) chin

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timid, compare Tetum timir.

timid

1. (anatomy) chin

Inherited from French timide (“shy, timid”).

• IPA^(key): /tiˈmid/
• Rhymes: -id

timid

1. shy, timid

Borrowed from French timide and Latin timidus.

• IPA^(key): /tiˈmid/

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timid m or n (feminine singular timidă, masculine plural timizi, feminine/neuter plural timide)

1. timid, shy

• timiditate

timid (comparative timidare, superlative timidast)

1. timid

• “timid”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “timid”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “timid”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)