timorous

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore T words

showing or marked by fearfulness and lack of confidence

In a sentence

Timorous in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing timorous in a sentence.

The timorous intern hesitated at the door, afraid to interrupt the meeting.

Synonyms

Antonyms

boldfearlessaudacious

Keep going

understood or implied without being openly stated

habitually reserved and uncommunicative in speech

only loosely relevant; diverging from the main point

perceptible by touch or concrete enough to be grasped

to twist together into a confused or knotted mass

equivalent in effect or value to something else

to dull or damage the luster, reputation, or purity of something

needlessly repeating an idea using different words

Common questions

Timorous (adjective) means showing or marked by fearfulness and lack of confidence

Here is timorous used in an example sentence: "The timorous intern hesitated at the door, afraid to interrupt the meeting."

Common synonyms for timorous include timid, fearful, apprehensive, diffident.

Antonyms of timorous include bold, fearless, audacious.

Timorous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.