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Synonyms of timorous in English:

timorous


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adjective

1‘she was no helpless, timorous female’

SYNONYMS
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