timid

See also: tímid

English

Etymology

From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid”), from timeō (“I fear”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪmɪd/
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Adjective

timid (comparative timider, superlative timidest)

  1. Lacking in courage or confidence.
    Synonyms: fearful, timorous, shy; see also Thesaurus:cautious, Thesaurus:shy
    Antonyms: daredevil, dauntless, bellicose, reckless, aggressive
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎:
      When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.
    John's a very timid person. I'll doubt he'll be brave enough to face his brother.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading
  • timid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • timid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

Ibaloi

Noun

timid

  1. (anatomy) chin

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timid, compare Tetum timir.

Noun

timid

  1. (anatomy) chin

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French timide (“shy, timid”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ti.mid/

Adjective

timid

  1. shy, timid.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French timide and Latin timidus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tiˈmid/

Adjective

timid m or n (feminine singular timidă, masculine plural timizi, feminine and neuter plural timide)

  1. timid, shy

Declension
Declension of timid
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite timid timidă timizi timide
definite timidul timida timizii timidele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite timid timide timizi timide
definite timidului timidei timizilor timidelor

Swedish

Adjective

timid (comparative timidare, superlative timidast)

  1. timid

Declension
Inflection of timid
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular timid timidare timidast
Neuter singular timitt timidare timidast
Plural timida timidare timidast
Masculine plural3 timide timidare timidast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 timide timidare timidaste
All timida timidare timidaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References
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