What is another word for timorous?
Pronunciation:
[ tˈɪməɹəs], [ tˈɪməɹəs], [ t_ˈɪ_m_ə_ɹ_ə_s]
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Similar words for timorous:
- afraid (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- bashful (adjective)
- cowardly (adjective)
- craven (adjective)
- diffident (adjective)
- fearful (adjective)
- fearsome (adjective)
- humble (adjective)
- jumpy (adjective)
- mousy (adjective)
- nervous (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- recreant (adjective)
- retiring (adjective)
- sheepish (adjective)
- timid (adjective)
- tremulous (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- withdrawn (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- abject
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Timorous:
adj.
• afraid (adjective)- distressed,
- trembling,
- upset,
- cowed,
- blanched,
- frightened,
- horrified,
- aroused,
- rattled,
- daunted,
- dismayed,
- abashed,
- suspicious,
- scared,
- alarmed,
- intimidated,
- perturbed,
- aghast,
- startled,
- anxious,
- panic-stricken,
- petrified,
- timorous,
- worried,
- discouraged,
- terrified,
- disturbed,
- disheartened,
- have cold feet,
- perplexed,
- frozen,
- shocked,
- spooked,
- stunned.
- blushing,
- coy,
- modest,
- reticent,
- chary,
- constrained,
- confused,
- silent,
- Verecund,
- self-effacing,
- self-conscious,
- Recoiling,
- shamefaced,
- embarrassed,
- demure,
- backward,
- reserved.
- recreant,
- paper tiger,
- dastardly,
- caitiff,
- Chicken-hearted,
- softer,
- having the willies,
- cowering,
- yellow-bellied,
- afraid,
- running scared,
- pigeonhearted,
- weak-kneed,
- base,
- Cowhearted,
- weak,
- jittery,
- no guts,
- worthless,
- lacking courage.
- insecure,
- Blenching,
- unassuming,
- dubious,
- unsure,
- doubtful,
- unobtrusive,
- reluctant,
- Unpoised,
- Flinching,
- distrustful.
- agitated,
- nerveless,
- shaky,
- solicitous,
- chickenhearted,
- disquieted,
- discomposed,
- quivery,
- goose-bumpy,
- uneasy,
- tense,
- in a dither,
- unmanly,
- phobic,
- nervy,
- aflutter,
- skittish.
- obliging,
- subservient,
- mild,
- ordinary,
- unostentatious,
- reverential,
- polite,
- deferential,
- manageable,
- quiet,
- obsequious,
- sedate,
- supplicatory,
- respectful,
- servile,
- tractable,
- unpretentious,
- courteous,
- submissive,
- soft-spoken,
- content,
- lowly,
- simple,
- unambitious,
- docile,
- gentle,
- standoffish,
- biddable.
- more nervous,
- up tight,
- most flustered,
- more flustered,
- un strung,
- unstrung,
- most ruffled,
- more ruffled,
- un-strung,
- up-tight,
- taut.
- retiring,
- on pins and needles,
- over-modest,
- diffident,
- mousy,
- run scared,
- unexpansive,
- up set,
- nongregarious,
- in awe,
- Unaffable,
- sheepish,
- blushful,
- unassured,
- scared stiff,
- jumpy,
- fearful,
- terror-stricken,
- withdrawn,
- unrestful,
- faint-hearted,
- non-gregarious,
- Uncompanionable,
- panicky,
- rabbity,
- bashful,
- scared to death,
- craven,
- not forward,
- humble,
- aspen,
- tremulous,
- over-wrought,
- meanspirited,
- wussy,
- overmodest,
- Poltroonish,
- unassertive,
- nervous,
- uncurious,
- wimpish,
- wimpy,
- timid.
- more unexpansive,
- most unexpansive,
- un-affable,
- more nongregarious,
- most withdrawing,
- recessive,
- re-tiring,
- non gregarious,
- un-expansive,
- un-sociable,
- with drawing,
- un expansive,
- more unaffable,
- re tiring,
- most nongregarious,
- un affable,
- more reclusive,
- more withdrawing,
- re-strained,
- with-drawing,
- re strained,
- most unaffable.
- more milquetoast,
- more badgered,
- unnerved,
- most badgered,
- having cold feet,
- more unnerved,
- un-nerved,
- most browbeaten,
- un nerved,
- most bullied,
- most milquetoast,
- more bullied,
- more browbeaten,
- most unnerved.
- most retreated,
- un-demonstrative,
- un-forthcoming,
- in-different,
- in-curious,
- most uncurious,
- re tired,
- in different,
- un curious,
- more retreated,
- more unforthcoming,
- unforthcoming,
- un-companionable,
- un demonstrative,
- dis-interested,
- re treated,
- un companionable,
- dis interested,
- un interested,
- in curious,
- re-mote,
- un concerned,
- un-curious,
- un-interested,
- more uncompanionable,
- un-concerned,
- most uncompanionable,
- more uncurious,
- with-drawn,
- re-treated,
- most unforthcoming,
- un forthcoming,
- with drawn,
- un-communicative.
n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)Other synonyms:
• abject • Other relevant words:- shy.
- under control,
- convince,
- eremitic,
- dainty,
- sissified,
- terrible,
- awkward,
- unwilling,
- fetch,
- gingerly,
- induce,
- Milk-livered,
- fainthearted,
- delicate,
- dastard,
- soft,
- spiritless,
- impel,
- in fear,
- irresolute,
- shivery,
- confess,
- fear,
- ineffective,
- draw,
- impotent,
- dreaded,
- uncomfortable,
- undaring,
- desperate,
- draw in,
- inept,
- jitteriness,
- subdued,
- guarded,
- hesitant,
- poltroon,
- Effet,
- bewilder,
- timidity,
- Fearing,
- skittery,
- horrendous,
- skittishness,
- timorousness,
- suppressed,
- edgy,
- coward,
- trigger-happy,
- distant,
- frightening,
- decoy,
- reclusive,
- aloof,
- fastidious,
- shrinking,
- quivering,
- meek,
- feckless,
- tentative,
- changeable,
- sissy,
- watchful,
- poltroonery,
- excite,
- taciturn,
- Vitelline,
- horrific,
- cautious,
- uncourageous,
- unmanned,
- jumpiness,
- shuddering,
- Funking,
- corrupt,
- coax,
- freakish,
- trepidant,
- cowardliness,
- detached,
- squeamish,
- abet,
- tame,
- deceive,
- under thumb,
- conscious,
- white-livered,
- unpresuming,
- goosy,
- counsel,
- incompetent,
- restive,
- recalcitrant,
- effeminate,
- bad,
- get,
- diffidence,
- removed,
- compliant,
- wet,
- circumspect,
- wishy-washy,
- foolish,
- nervousness,
- timidness,
- shivering,
- fickle,
- withdrawing,
- unconfident,
- drag,
- introverted,
- awful,
- unsociable,
- chicken-livered,
- frightful,
- weakhearted,
- dire,
- court,
- quailing,
- extreme,
- apprehensive,
- leery,
- careful,
- elicit,
- faint,
- Startlish,
- monstrous,
- mousey,
- affected,
- cozen,
- unsocial,
- scary,
- evasive,
- dreadful,
- alarming,
- canny,
- entice,
- restiveness,
- stammering,
- pliant,
- cowardice,
- funky,
- atrocious,
- Shamefast,
- wary,
- inarticulate,
- encourage,
- namby-pamby.
How to use "Timorous" in context?
There's a lot of things to fear in the world, but timorous is one of the lesser-known and less understood. Timorous is the noun for somebody who is easily scared or causes others to be scared. It can be used to describe somebody who is overly anxious or someone who is feeling too shy to do or say something. Timorous can also be used to describe somebody who is constantly worried or anxious. Timorous can also be used to describe somebody who is too worried about making mistakes or someone who is always cautious.
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