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timid


tim·id  (tmd)
adj. tim·id·er, tim·id·est
1. Lacking self-confidence; shy.
2. Fearful and hesitant: problems that call for bold, not timid, responses.

[Latin timidus, from timre, to fear.]

ti·midi·ty, timid·ness n.
timid·ly adv.


timid  /tmd/  adj. 1 easily frightened, (syn.) skittish: Many birds are timid and fly away as you come near them. 2 shy, (syn.) hesitant: The boy is timid about asking girls for dates. -n. [U] timidity /tmdti/; -adv. timidly. timid

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