timid
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See also: tímid
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid”), from timeō (“I fear”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
timid (comparative timider, superlative timidest)
- Lacking in courage or confidence.
- Synonyms: fearful, timorous, shy; see also Thesaurus:cautious, Thesaurus:shy
- Antonyms: courageous, daredevil, dauntless, bellicose, reckless, aggressive, confident
- John's a very timid person. I'll doubt he'll be brave enough to face his brother.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess[1]:
- 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.
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Translations[edit]
lacking in courage or confidence
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Further reading[edit]
- “timid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “timid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Ibaloi[edit]
Noun[edit]
timid
Ilocano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timid, compare Tetum timir.
Noun[edit]
timid
Louisiana Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French timide (“shy, timid”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
timid
- shy, timid.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French timide and Latin timidus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
timid m or n (feminine singular timidă, masculine plural timizi, feminine and neuter plural timide)
Declension[edit]
Declension of timid
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Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
timid (comparative timidare, superlative timidast)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of timid | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | timid | timidare | timidast |
Neuter singular | timitt | timidare | timidast |
Plural | timida | timidare | timidast |
Masculine plural3 | timide | timidare | timidast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | timide | timidare | timidaste |
All | timida | timidare | timidaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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