tim·id

[tim-id]
adjective, tim·id·er, tim·id·est.
1.
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
2.
characterized by or indicating fear: a timid approach to a problem.

Origin:
1540–50; < Latin timidus fearful, equivalent to tim(ēre) to fear + -idus -id4

ti·mid·i·ty, tim·id·ness, noun
tim·id·ly, adverb
o·ver·tim·id, adjective
o·ver·tim·id·ly, adverb
o·ver·tim·id·ness, noun
o·ver·ti·mid·i·ty, noun
un·tim·id, adjective
un·tim·id·ly, adverb
un·tim·id·ness, noun


1. fearful, fainthearted. See cowardly.
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timid (ˈtɪmɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  easily frightened or upset, esp by human contact; shy
2.  indicating shyness or fear
 
[C16: from Latin timidus, from timēre to fear]
 
ti'midity
 
n
 
'timidness
 
n
 
'timidly
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

timid
1549, from M.Fr. timide "easily frightened, shy," from L. timidus "fearful," from timere "to fear."
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Example sentences
Even remedies of a right tendency have become discredited because of the
  failure of a timid and vacillating application of them.
But its goals are so modest, so tiny, so timid that fulfillment is exactly what
  it does not provide.
Meanwhile, the more timid among us can sit back and watch.
Not timid in attempts to run the ball through the pile.
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