Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Timid; timorous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Trembling from fear or terror; quaking: opposed to intrepid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Trembling; quaking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
timid ,timorous ,fearful
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective timid by nature or revealing timidity
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Executives in financial services and technology are the most cutthroat in collecting intelligence about competitors, while pharmaceutical executives and government officials are the most trepid, according to a recent survey.
Finance and Tech Signal Bold Attitudes on Ethics Joe Light 2011
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Everywhere he goes, the trepid hero of Dice Rules is abused.
My Year of Flops Nathan Rabin 2010
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Look at the poor little trepid creature, panting and helpless under the great eyes!
The Virginians 2006
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Our delirium is the somber side-effect of a nation under sedation, induced by a heroin-like injected haze of obfuscation and trepid tentativeness to break free of our "pusher."
Bush's Wonderland and through the Looking Glass of Iraq 2006
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Kord kvartalis kell 15. 45-16.15 on Kultuurkapitali trepid rahvast täis.
tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2005
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Caitlin and Sheelagh entered the bathroom with trepid alertness and peered where Zee was pointing.
In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984
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He mastered his trepid nature as best he could, and stayed there.
Oberheim (Voices) Christopher Leadem
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A little later, seeing the in - trepid warrior of eighty-four on her feet with the other delegates, the Empress sent one of her aides across the room with this message:
The Story of a Pioneer Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 1929
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The muscles of the spiritual athlete pant for such exertion; and without it, they would dwindle into trepid imbecility.
Probabilities : An aid to Faith Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
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The muscles of the spiritual athlete pant for such exertion; and without it, they would dwindle into trepid imbecility.
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
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