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31timorous — tim|o|rous [ˈtımərəs] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: timoureux, from Medieval Latin timorosus, from Latin timor fear , from timere to be afraid ] lacking confidence and easily frightened = ↑fearful ▪ She was no helpless,… …
32meticulous — (adj.) 1530s, fearful, timid, from L. meticulosus fearful, timid, lit. full of fear, from metus fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety, of unknown origin. Sense of fussy about details is first recorded in English 1827, from Fr. méticuleux timorously… …
33timorous — adjective lacking in courage or confidence; nervous. Derivatives timorously adverb timorousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. temoreus, from med. L. timorosus, from L. timor fear , from timere to fear …
34cowardly — I. a. Pusillanimous, dastardly, craven, fearful, timorous, timid, coward, recreant, base, faint hearted, chicken hearted white livered, showing the white feather. II. ad. Pusillanimously, timorously, basely, meanly, cravenly …
35timorous — adjective formal lacking confidence and easily frightened: She was no helpless, timorous female. timorously adverb timorousness noun (U) …
36fearfully — adverb she opened the door fearfully Syn: apprehensively, uneasily, nervously, timidly, timorously, hesitantly, with one s heart in one s mouth …
37gingerly — adv cautiously, charily, warily, cannily, carefully, heedfully, attentively; prudently, politicly, discreetly, judiciously, circumspectly; watchfully, vigilantly, guardedly, timidly, timorously, shyly …
38timorous — UK [ˈtɪmərəs] / US [ˈtɪm(ə)rəs] adjective formal nervous and easy to frighten Derived word: timorously adverb …
39crawl — I. /krɔl / (say krawl) verb (i) 1. to move by dragging the body along the ground, as a worm, or on the hands and knees, as a young child. 2. to progress slowly, laboriously, or timorously: *Time crawls in deliberate collusion with the speed of… …
40timorous — /ˈtɪmərəs / (say timuhruhs) adjective 1. full of fear; fearful. 2. subject to fear; timid. 3. characterised by or indicating fear. {late Middle English, from Medieval Latin timōrōsus fearful, frightened} –timorously, adverb –timorousness, noun …
