Definitionadj. timid by nature or revealing timidity
Last update: December 3, 2015
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She is a timorous girl. [adjective]
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Bleating noises from bureaucrats in Brussels who see their expense accounts under threat only tend to frighten children of a very timorous disposition. [adjective]
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Hereupon a timorous guard was placed upon the fortification, where, dazed with fear, they became ever more dispirited day by day. [adjective]
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The timorous young man who accompanied him remonstrated upon the danger of the attempt, but Edward was determined. [adjective]
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I looked with timorous joy towards a stately house: I saw a blackened ruin. [adjective]
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Sarah took a timorous step forward and spilled the details of their plight in one long ramble, barely stopping for breath. [Please select]
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The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous sail. [Please select]
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"To the discreet belong the spoils" was written in every timorous step and stealthy movement. [Please select]
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The hyaena is of a timorous nature, seldom, if ever, showing fight. [Please select]
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I frightened a chit of a schoolgirl, a plain, little, unformed, timorous creature. [Please select]
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