timid
[adjective]
Synonyms: fearful, apprehensive, bashful, coy, diffident, faint-hearted, shrinking, shy, timorous

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Antonyms: bold
Contrasted words: audacious, brave, courageous, daring, doughty, fearless, intrepid, lionhearted, unafraid, valiant, valorous
Related Words: humble, shrinking, gentle, mild, milk-toast, milky, cautious, chary, wary, jumpy, nervous, skittish, afraid, apprehensive, fainthearted, fearful, chicken, chickenhearted, henhearted, mouselike, mousy, pigeonhearted, cowardly, yellow, funky, panicky

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English Thesaurus: bashful, self-conscious, timid, reserved, introverted, ...

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tim‧id /ˈtɪməd, ˈtɪmɪd/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: timidus, from timere; ⇒ timorous]
not having courage or confidence Synonym : shy Antonym : confident:
I was a timid child.
a policy that is both timid and inadequate
—timidly adverb
—timidity /təˈmɪdəti, tɪˈmɪdəti/ noun [uncountable]

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In everyday English, people usually say that someone is shy rather than timid.

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bashful shy and not willing to say very much
self-conscious worried and embarrassed about what you look like or what other people think of you
timid not brave or confident
reserved not liking to express your emotions or talk about your problems
introverted thinking a lot about your own interests, problems etc, and not liking to be with other people
withdrawn quiet and not wanting to talk to other people, especially because you are unhappy
antisocial not liking to meet people and talk to them
retiring formal not wanting to be with other people

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