timid
to be shy, afraid
TRANSLATION
furchtsam, schüchtern
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"TIMID fund chiefs 'fail investors'-- The pensions industry faces radical reform -- Holders of pension plans are being failed by the TIMIDITY of fat cat City investment gurus, a government investigation has revealed."
(BBC NEWS - 6 MARCH 2000)
(BBC NEWS - 6 MARCH 2000)
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1. Lacking self-confidence; shy
2. Fearful and hesitant: (problems that call for bold, not timid, responses)
Besides "shy" there a lots of words in English which refer to this common characteristic:
afraid, ambivalent, apprehensive, badgered, bashful, browbeaten, bullied, capricious, cold-footed, cowardly, cowed, cowering, coy, daunted, demure, diffident, faint-hearted, fearful, feeble, frightened, gentle, humble, intimidated, irresolute, irresolute, mild, milk-toast, modest, mousy, nervous, pusillanimous, rabbity, retiring, shaky, shrinking, shy, soft, spineless, spiritless, submissive, timid, timorous, trembling, unassertive, unassured, unnerved, vacillating, wavering, weak, yellow
1. Lacking self-confidence; shy
2. Fearful and hesitant: (problems that call for bold, not timid, responses)
Besides "shy" there a lots of words in English which refer to this common characteristic:
afraid, ambivalent, apprehensive, badgered, bashful, browbeaten, bullied, capricious, cold-footed, cowardly, cowed, cowering, coy, daunted, demure, diffident, faint-hearted, fearful, feeble, frightened, gentle, humble, intimidated, irresolute, irresolute, mild, milk-toast, modest, mousy, nervous, pusillanimous, rabbity, retiring, shaky, shrinking, shy, soft, spineless, spiritless, submissive, timid, timorous, trembling, unassertive, unassured, unnerved, vacillating, wavering, weak, yellow
