Timid Definition

tĭmĭd
timidest, timider
adjective
timidest, timider
Easily frightened; lacking self-confidence; shy; timorous.
Webster's New World
Showing fear or lack of self-confidence; hesitant.
A timid reply.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Timid

Adjective

Base Form:
timid
Comparative:
timider
Superlative:
timidest

Origin of Timid

  • From French timide, from Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid"), from timeo (“I fear").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin timidus from timēre to fear

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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