timorous

adjective
🔊/ˈtɪmərəs/
🔊/ˈtɪmərəs/
(literary or formal)
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  1. nervous and easily frightened羞怯的;胆怯的;畏怯的 synonym timidTopics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘feeling fear’): from Old French temoreus, from medieval Latin timorosus, from Latin timor ‘fear’, from timere ‘to fear’.