timid [tim-id]
adjective, timider, timidest.
1. lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
2. characterized by or indicating fear: a timid approach to a problem.
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1. fearful, fainthearted. See cowardly.
Origin: 1540-50; < Latin timidus fearful, equivalent to tim (ēre) to fear + -idus -id4
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