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Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.

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  1. a. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.
  2. a. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts.
  3. adj. timid by nature or revealing timidity
  4. 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, adv. -- Tim"or*ous*ness, n.
  5. j:100 s timid by nature or revealing timidity