English-Thai Dictionary

timorous

ADJ ขี้กลัว  ขี้ตื่น  ขี้ขลาด  ขี้ ตกใจ  frightened timid ke-kua

 

timorousness

N ความ ขี้กลัว  ความ ขี้ตื่น  ความขี้ขลาด  ความ ขี้ ตกใจ  timidness kwam-ke-kua

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TIMOROUS

a.[L. timor. See Timid. ] 1. Fearful of danger; timid; destitute of courage; as a timorous doubts; timorous beliefs.

 

TIMOROUSLY

adv. Fearfully; timidly; without boldness; with much fear. Let dastard souls be timorously wise.

 

TIMOROUSNESS

n.Fearfulness; timidity; want of courage.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TIMOROUS

Tim "or *ous, a. Etym: [LL. timorosus, from L. timor fear; akin to timere to fear. See Timid. ]

 

1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage. Shak.

 

2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. "The timorous apostasy of chuchmen." Milman. -- Tim "or *ous *ly, adv. -- Tim "or *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

timorous

tim or ous |ˈtimərəs ˈtɪm (ə )rəs | ▶adjective showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence: a timorous voice. DERIVATIVES tim or ous ly adverb, tim or ous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘feeling fear ’): from Old French temoreus, from medieval Latin timorosus, from Latin timor ‘fear, ’ from timere ‘to fear. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

timorous

tim ¦or |ous |ˈtɪm (ə )rəs | ▶adjective showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence: a timorous voice. DERIVATIVES timorously adverb, timorousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘feeling fear ’): from Old French temoreus, from medieval Latin timorosus, from Latin timor ‘fear ’, from timere ‘to fear ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

timorous

timorous adjective See timid.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

timorous

timorous adjective she was no helpless, timorous female: easily frightened, lacking courage, fearful, apprehensive, faint-hearted; trembling, quaking, cowering, weak-kneed; shy, diffident, bashful, self-effacing, shrinking, unassuming, unassertive, reserved, retiring, reticent, quiet, timid, nervous, modest, demure, coy, meek, humble; informal wimpish, sissy, yellow, yellow-bellied, chicken, gutless, trepidatious; archaic poor-spirited, recreant. ANTONYMS bold, forthcoming, brazen.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

timorous

tim or ous /tɪ́m (ə )rəs /形容詞 ｟かたい文 ｠〈人 行動などが 〉小心 (者 )の, 臆病 （おくびよう ）な, びくびくした .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞