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Word entry · 8 letters

timorous

Best crossword clue

"Easily frightened"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɪməɹəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted imoorstuStarts with TEnds with S1 clues
1T2I3M4O5R6O7U8S

Definitions

  1. timid by nature or revealing timidity

Used in a sentence

  • But thou now O temerous ⁊ weake ſely ſhepe, thynke yt ſufficient for thee, onely to walke after me, which am thy ſhepehearde ⁊ gouernor: […]
  • Thys faute of puſillanimitye and tymorous mynde, letteth a man alſo mani tymes from the doynge of manye good thynges, whyche (if he tooke a good ſtomake to hym in the truſt of Gods helpe) he were wel able to do.
  • [T]hey might thank themſelves onely, & their ovvn timerous conceits & imaginations, that ſuch things vvere ſo dread & terrible.

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