timid

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪmɪd/

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timid (comparative timider, superlative timidest)

1. Lacking in courage or confidence.

   Synonyms: fearful, timorous, cautious, shy, bashful; see also Thesaurus:cautious, Thesaurus:shy

   Antonyms: courageous, daredevil, dauntless, bellicose, reckless, rash, aggressive, confident

   John's a very timid person. I'll doubt he'll be brave enough to face his brother.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     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.

• intimidate
• intimidation

• “timid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “timid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• dimit

timid

1. (anatomy) chin

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

timid

1. (anatomy) chin

Inherited from French timide (“shy, timid”).

• IPA^(key): /tiˈmid/
• Rhymes: -id

timid

1. shy, timid

Borrowed from French timide and Latin timidus.

• IPA^(key): /tiˈmid/

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

1. timid, shy

• timiditate

timid (comparative timidare, superlative timidast)

1. timid

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

• timid in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• timid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• timid in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)