3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Timorous \Tim"or*ous\, adjective [LL. timorosus, from L. timor fear; akin to timere to fear. See {Timid}.] 1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage. --Shak. 2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. ''The timorous apostasy of chuchmen.'' --Milman. -- {Tim"or*ous*ly}, adverb -- {Tim"or*ous*ness}, noun From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: timorous adjective: timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog" [syn: {fearful}, {trepid}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 71 Moby Thesaurus words for "timorous": afraid, bashful, chicken, chickenhearted, confused, conscious, coward, cowardly, cowed, coy, daunted, demure, diffident, dismayed, fainthearted, fearful, fearing, fearsome, funking, funky, goosy, henhearted, in fear, inarticulate, intimidated, jumpy, lily-livered, milk-livered, milksoppish, milksoppy, mousy, nervous, overtimid, overtimorous, panic-prone, panicky, pigeonhearted, quailing, quivering, rabbity, recoiling, scary, self-conscious, shaky, shamefaced, shamefast, shivering, shivery, shrinking, shuddering, shy, sissified, sissy, skittery, skittish, soft, stammering, startlish, timid, trembling, tremulous, trepidant, trigger-happy, undaring, unmanly, unmanned, weak, weak-kneed, weakhearted, white-livered, yellow

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