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Synonyms for timorous
ˈtɪm ər əstim·o·rous
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
timorous
Synonyms:
afraid, cowardly, cringing, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, pusillanimous, shrinking, timidAntonyms:
adventurous, bold, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesome
Princeton's WordNet
fearful, timorous, trepidadjective
timid by nature or revealing timidity
"timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"
Synonyms:
dread(a), frightening, dire, fearful, terrible, horrendous, fearsome, horrific, dreaded, cowardly, awful, trepid, frightful, dreadful, direfulAntonyms:
bold
Editors Contribution
easily frightened
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#5795 | afraid | |
#6918 | terrible | |
#9775 | awful | |
#11163 | shy | |
#16120 | dire | |
#20134 | frightened | |
#20756 | frightening | |
#21238 | shrinking | |
#22989 | fearful | |
#23190 | dreadful | |
#26052 | horrific | |
#27446 | dreaded | |
#33672 | timid | |
#38864 | horrendous | |
#38914 | cowardly | |
#51495 | fearsome | |
#54515 | frightful | |
#100376 | cringing | |
#149487 | timorous | |
#272099 | pusillanimous |
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When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.
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