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The definition of timid is shy and fearful.

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An example of timid is a scared and lost child.

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See timid in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

easily frightened; lacking self-confidence; shy; timorous
showing fear or lack of self-confidence; hesitant: a timid reply

Origin: L timidus < timere, to fear

Related Forms:

timidity noun or timidness
timidly adverb

See timid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective tim·id·er, tim·id·est

Lacking self-confidence; shy.
Fearful and hesitant: problems that call for bold, not timid, responses.

Origin:

Origin: Latin timidus

Origin: , from timēre, to fear

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Related Forms:

ti·midˈi·ty, timˈid·ness noun

timˈid·ly adverb

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