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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tim•id /ˈtɪmɪd/USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - lacking in self-assurance, courage, or boldness:a timid child.
ti•mid•i•ty/tɪˈmɪdɪti/USA pronunciation tim•id•ness, n. [uncountable] tim•id•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tim•id (tim′id),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery;
easily alarmed;
timorous;
shy. - characterized by or indicating fear:a timid approach to a problem.
- Latin timidus fearful, equivalent. to tim(ēre) to fear + -idus -id4
- 1540–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fearful, fainthearted. See cowardly.
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