timid

timid
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. fearful, cowardly, afraid, fainthearted, timorous; shrinking, bashful, shy, retiring, diffident; irresolute, hesitant; weak. See fear, modesty.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Cowardly]
Syn. fainthearted, fearful, timorous, hesitant, pusillanimous, apprehensive, frightened, nervous, unnerved, tremulous, overcautious, spiritless, weak, weak-kneed, poor-spirited, shaky, feeble, daunted, browbeaten, cowed, intimidated, spineless, cowering, soft*, yellow*, scared spitless*, chicken-livered*, chicken-hearted*, afraid of one's own shadow*, wimpy*; see also cowardly 1 .
Ant. bold, fearless, confident.
2. [Reticent]
Syn. shy, bashful, timorous, retiring, unassertive, submissive, mousy, diffident, shrinking, withdrawn, modest, shamefaced; see also humble 1 .
See Synonym Study at afraid .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
afraid, fearful, timorous, mousy, fainthearted, *wimpy, *lily-livered, *chicken, sheepish, cowardly, spineless, shy, bashful, nervous.
ANT.: courageous, brave, bold, *ballsy, fearless
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not forward but reticent or reserved in manner: backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, modest, retiring, self-effacing, shy1. See RESTRAINT. 2. Given to or exhibiting hesitation: halting, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, pendulous, shilly-shally, tentative, vacillant, vacillatory. See DECIDE.

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