timorous
adjective
[ ˈtɪm(ə)rəs ]
• showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence.
• "a timorous voice"
Similar:
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,
wimpish,
sissy,
yellow,
yellow-bellied,
chicken,
gutless,
trepidatious,
poor-spirited,
recreant,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘feeling fear’): from Old French temoreus, from medieval Latin timorosus, from Latin timor ‘fear’, from timere ‘to fear’.
