timid

Speech parts

1. timid - Adjective

2. timid - Adjective Satellite

Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

faint-hearted afraid retiring shy faint shrinking fearful cowardly timorous diffident fainthearted pusillanimous unsure craven aspen

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bold brave trojan tiger colter doughty

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Necessity makes even the timid brave. Sallust

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. Thomas Jefferson

A timid man has little chance. Danish Proverb

Bold in design, but timid in execution. Latin Proverb

Who is timid in the woods boasts at home. Thai Proverb