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timorous 音标拼音: [t'ɪmɚəs] a. 胆怯的,胆小的,羞怯的 胆怯的,胆小的,羞怯的 timorous adj 1: timid by nature or revealing timidity; " timorous little mouse"; " in a timorous tone"; " cast fearful glances at the large dog" [ synonym: { fearful}, { timorous}, { trepid}] Timorous \ Tim" or* ous\, a. [ LL. timorosus, from L. timor fear; akin to timere to fear. See { Timid}.] 1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. " The timorous apostasy of chuchmen." -- Milman. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Tim" or* ous* ly}, adv. -- { Tim" or* ous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 71 Moby Thesaurus words for " timorous": afraid, bashful, chicken, chickenhearted, confused, conscious, coward, cowardly, cowed, coy, daunted, demure, diffident, dismayed, fainthearted, fearful, fearing, fearsome, funking, funky, goosy, henhearted, in fear, inarticulate, intimidated, jumpy, lily- livered, milk- livered, milksoppish, milksoppy, mousy, nervous, overtimid, overtimorous, panic- prone, panicky, pigeonhearted, quailing, quivering, rabbity, recoiling, scary, self- conscious, shaky, shamefaced, shamefast, shivering, shivery, shrinking, shuddering, shy, sissified, sissy, skittery, skittish, soft, stammering, startlish, timid, trembling, tremulous, trepidant, trigger- happy, undaring, unmanly, unmanned, weak, weak- kneed, weakhearted, white- livered, yellow
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