timorous

Modifies a noun

• people: Let us hope the Neapolitan spirit will work wonders on these timorous people.
• soul: I did know or rather felt the tender and timorous soul in her.
• man: Probably also this is true of a condition short of panic, in the case of women or timorous men suddenly confronted with danger.
• beastie: A webcam is trained on Loch Ness 24 hours a day, for an opportunity to spot the wee timorous beastie.
• guard: Hereupon a timorous guard was placed upon the fortification, where, dazed with fear, they became ever more dispirited day by day.
• native: They then give energetic counsel to the timorous natives, and leave them patterns by which to manufacture arms.

Modifying Another Word

• very: Bleating noises from bureaucrats in Brussels who see their expense accounts under threat only tend to frighten children of a very timorous disposition.
• too: The vast majority are most likely too timorous or too intimidated to do anything about it.