Adjective: timid
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | timider |
| Superlative | timidest |
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more timid |
| Superlative | most timid |
Sample Sentences
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John's a very timid person. I doubt he'll be brave enough to face his brother.
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When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.[…]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain. [1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:]
Adjectives inflected like timid
wholsom,
seldom,
scared,
solemn,
silent,
beloved,
uptight,
perfect,
useless,
up-tight,
selfish,
distinct,
discreet,
Dutch,
reckless,
bumfuck,
worthless,
slender,
faithfull,
shallow, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Latin timeō
3. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
4. Proto-Italic *-iðos
5. Latin -idus
6. Latin timidusder.
7. Middle French timideder.
8. English timid
9. From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid”), from timeō (“to fear”). See: Latin Adjectives '
timidus'.
Verbs referencing "timid"
Spanish Adjectives
tímido.