Thesaurus / timid
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We exchanged timid greetings while the rest of them settled down.
LOCKED UP IN THE LAND OF LIBERTY: PART IYARIEL VALDÉS GONZÁLEZJULY 7, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEColonial hasn’t fully changed that, but I think we’re moving away from a timid response.
COULD THE RANSOMWARE CRISIS FORCE ACTION AGAINST RUSSIA?PATRICK HOWELL O'NEILLMAY 21, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW“At first, I was a little bit timid because I wasn’t sure how they would react,” JJ said.
AFTER THE SHOOTING, A BOY GAVE FLOWERS TO WORKERS AT KING SOOPERS STORES NEAR THE ATTACKSYDNEY PAGEMARCH 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWe’re not going to make the same mistake we made after the last economic downturn, when Congress did too little to help the nation rebound … we’re not going to be timid in the face of big challenges.
SENATE REVAMPS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND REJECTS MINIMUM-WAGE INCREASE AS CHAMBER DEBATES $1.9 TRILLION STIMULUSERICA WERNER, JEFF STEIN, TONY ROMMMARCH 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTOne night after her program, the typically timid Evie perked up in her chair at the dinner table, excited to share some news.
WHY THE EQUALITY ACT MATTERS FOR OUR FAMILY—AND FOR MANY OTHERS ACROSS AMERICAMARIE NEWMAN AND EVIE NEWMANMARCH 3, 2021TIMEIf it were not for the cowardly fear of being thought timid, there would be more care used in such matters.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYThe public eye, ever watchful and timid, waits scarcely for the show of danger to take alarm and withdraw its favour.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSOne retrograde or timid step would open the eyes of men, and bring down ruin on the Pantamorphica.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSImpudent and reckless us he had been all his life, he was now more timid and nervous than an hysterical girl.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSShe smiled back at him, a pale, timid smile, like a gleam of sunshine from a wintry sky.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIWORDS RELATED TO TIMID
- afraid
- apprehensive
- averse
- backward
- bashful
- cautious
- chary
- circumspect
- conscious
- coy
- demure
- diffident
- disinclined
- distrustful
- fearful
- hesitant
- humble
- indisposed
- introvert
- introverted
- loath
- loner
- modest
- nervous
- recessive
- reluctant
- reserved
- reticent
- retiring
- self-effacing
- shamefaced
- sheepish
- shrinking
- skittish
- suspicious
- timid
- unassertive
- unassured
- uneager
- uneffusive
- unresponsive
- unsocial
- unwilling
- wary
- Tory
- bourgeois
- constant
- controlled
- conventional
- die-hard
- fearful
- firm
- fogyish
- fuddy-duddy
- guarded
- hard hat
- hidebound
- holding to
- illiberal
- in a rut
- inflexible
- middle-of-the-road
- obstinate
- old guard
- old-line
- orthodox
- quiet
- reactionary
- right
- right of center
- right-wing
- rightist
- sober
- stable
- steady
- timid
- traditional
- traditionalistic
- unchangeable
- unchanging
- uncreative
- undaring
- unimaginative
- unprogressive
- aloof
- antagonistic
- brooding
- cold
- cool
- distant
- hostile
- inaccessible
- inhospitable
- introverted
- laid-back
- nongregarious
- recessive
- reclusive
- reserved
- retiring
- secretive
- sensitive
- shy
- standoffish
- stuck-up
- timid
- unapproachable
- unbending
- uncommunicative
- uncongenial
- unforthcoming
- unfriendly
- unneighborly
- unsocial
- uppity
- withdrawn
- afraid
- averse
- backward
- dawdling
- delaying
- diffident
- disinclined
- doubtful
- doubting
- faltering
- half-hearted
- halting
- hanging back
- hesitating
- indecisive
- irresolute
- lacking confidence
- lazy
- loath
- pendulous
- reluctant
- shilly-shally
- shy
- skeptical
- slow
- tentative
- timid
- uneager
- unpredictable
- unsure
- unwilling
- vacillating
- vacillatory
- wavering
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