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English
Etymology
From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid”), from timeō (“I fear”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
timid (comparative timider, superlative timidest)
- Lacking in courage or confidence.
- Synonyms: fearful, timorous, shy; see also Thesaurus:cautious, Thesaurus:shy
- Antonyms: courageous, daredevil, dauntless, bellicose, reckless, 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.
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Translations
lacking in courage or confidence
- Albanian: ndrojtur (sq)
- Arabic: جَبَان (ar) (jabān)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Basque: lotsati
- Belarusian: бая́зны (bajázny), баязлі́вы (bajazlívy), палахлі́вы (palaxlívy), нясме́лы (njasmjély)
- Bulgarian: плах (bg) (plah), боязли́в (bg) (bojazlív), плашли́в (bg) (plašlív)
- Burmese: ရှက် (my) (hrak)
- Catalan: tímid (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 膽小／胆小 (zh) (dǎnxiǎo), 膽怯／胆怯 (zh) (dǎnqiè), 羞怯 (zh) (xiūqiè), 怯懦 (zh) (qiènuò)
- Czech: bojácný m, nesmělý m, bázlivý (cs), plachý (cs) (shy), nesmělý
- Danish: frygtsom
- Dutch: schuchter (nl), bedeesd (nl), schroomvallig (nl), timide (nl)
- Esperanto: timema
- Estonian: pelglik, kartlik, arg (et)
- Finnish: säikky (fi), pelokas (fi), ujo (fi), arka (fi)
- French: timide (fr), craintif (fr)
- Galician: tímido
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: furchtsam (de), zaghaft (de), zögerlich (de), schüchtern (de), befangen (de), ängstlich (de), kopfscheu (de), kleinmütig (de), verhuscht (de), verzagt (de), zag (de), timide (de), timid (de), scheu (de)
- Greek: αθάρρευτος (el) (athárreftos)
- Hungarian: félénk (hu)
- Ido: timida (io)
- Ingrian: ujo, armolliin
- Irish: faiteach
- Italian: timido (it), pavido (it), impaurito (it)
- Japanese: 憶病 (おくびょう, okubyō)
- Khmer: ត្រុកៗ (trok-trok), អៀន (km) (ien), ទុយមុយ (km) (tuy muy), ប្រុនៗ (pron-pron), មុយៗ (muy-muy)
- Korean: 소심(小心)하다 (ko) (sosimhada)
- Ladino: arrezistado, timido
- Latin: meticulosus, timidus, pavidus
- Latvian: bikls (lv), kautrīgs
- Louisiana Creole French: timid
- Macedonian: плашлив (plašliv)
- Manx: faitagh
- Maori: tikumu, kōpī, kōpīpī, kōpipiri, whakakumu
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Occitan: timid (oc)
- Ottoman Turkish: یوركسز (yüreksiz)
- Persian: ترسو (fa)
- Plautdietsch: bleed (nds), feij
- Polish: bojaźliwy (pl), płochliwy (pl), nieśmiały (pl)
- Portuguese: tímido (pt), acanhado (pt)
- Romanian: timid (ro) m
- Russian: ро́бкий (ru) (róbkij), засте́нчивый (ru) (zasténčivyj), боязли́вый (ru) (bojazlívyj), несме́лый (ru) (nesmélyj), пугли́вый (ru) (puglívyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: diùid, gealtach, sgàthach
- Serbo-Croatian: snebivljiv (sh)
- Slovak: bojazlivý, nesmelý
- Spanish: tímido (es)
- Swedish: blyg (sv), timid (sv), försagd (sv)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: ürkek (tr)
- Ukrainian: боязки́й (uk) (bojazkýj), несміли́вий (nesmilývyj), несмі́ливий (nesmílyvyj), несмі́лий (nesmílyj), полохли́вий (poloxlývyj)
- Vietnamese: rụt rè (vi)
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Further reading
- “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.
Anagrams
Ibaloi
Noun
timid
- (anatomy) chin
Ilocano
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timid, compare Tetum timir.
Noun
timid
- (anatomy) chin
Louisiana Creole
Etymology
Inherited from French timide (“shy, timid”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
timid
- shy, timid
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French timide and Latin timidus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
timid m or n (feminine singular timidă, masculine plural timizi, feminine and neuter plural timide)
- timid, shy
Declension
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Swedish
Adjective
timid (comparative timidare, superlative timidast)
- timid
Declension
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