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timid

English

Etymology

From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus (full of fear, fearful, timid), from time? (I fear).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?t?m?d/

Adjective

timid (comparative timider, superlative timidest)

  1. Lacking in courage or confidence.
    Synonyms: fearful, timorous, shy; see also Thesaurus:cautious, Thesaurus:shy
    Antonyms: daredevil, dauntless, bellicose, reckless, aggressive

Derived terms

  • timidly
  • timidness

Related terms

  • intimidate
  • intimidation
  • timidity

Translations

Further reading

  • timid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • timid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • dimit

Ibaloi

Noun

timid

  1. (anatomy) chin

Ilocano

Noun

timid

  1. (anatomy) chin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French timide and Latin timidus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti?mid/

Adjective

timid m or n (feminine singular timid?, masculine plural timizi, feminine and neuter plural timide)

  1. timid, shy

Declension

Related terms

  • timiditate

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intimidation

English

Etymology

From French intimidation, from Medieval Latin as if *intimidatio, from intimidare (to intimidate); see intimidate.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

intimidation (countable and uncountable, plural intimidations)

  1. The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated
    • 1920, Warren G. Harding, Liberty Under the Law
      It broadly includes all the people with specific recognition for none, and the highest consecration we can make today is a committal of the Republican party to that saving constitutionalism which contemplates all America as one people and holds just government free from influence on the one hand, and unmoved by intimidation on the other.

Related terms

  • intimidate
  • intimidating
  • intimidatingly

Translations

References

  • intimidation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • intimidation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

intimidation f (plural intimidations)

  1. intimidation

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