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| bashful |
timid or self-conscious in the presence of others; shy. [2 definitions] |
| Caspar Milquetoast |
a timid, easily dominated character in the early twentieth-century comic strip The Timid Soul by H. T. Webster. [1/2 definitions] |
| chary |
bashful; timid. [1/4 definitions] |
| chicken-hearted |
(informal) cowardly; timid. |
| chicken-livered |
(informal) cowardly; timid. |
| coy |
timid or modest. [1/3 definitions] |
| craven |
shamefully timid or afraid; cowardly. [1/2 definitions] |
| faint |
lacking in courage; timid. [1/5 definitions] |
| fainthearted |
lacking courage or conviction; timid. |
| intimidate |
to cause to become timid or afraid, esp. by means of threats. [1/2 definitions] |
| marshmallow |
(slang) a timid or weak person. [1/2 definitions] |
| milksop |
a boy or man who is timid or lacks courage; weakling. |
| mouse |
a timid, shy person. [1/5 definitions] |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| shy1 |
easily startled or frightened; timid. [1/7 definitions] |
| timorous |
showing or marked by fear; fearful; timid. |
| tough-minded |
not sentimental, timid, or easily swayed; shrewdly practical. |
| tremulous |
timid, anxious, or fearful. [1/3 definitions] |
| wimp |
(informal) a timid, ineffectual person. |
| wimp out |
to be timid or ineffectual in a particular instance. |
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