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timorous

  • 1 timorato

    adj.
    timorous, timid, easily frightened.
    * * *
    1 (tímido) shy, timid
    2 (mojigato) prudish
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=tímido) lily-livered, spineless
    2) (=mojigato) sanctimonious, prudish
    3) (=que teme a Dios) God-fearing
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) ( temeroso) spineless, gutless
    2) ( mojigato) prudish
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino
    1) ( temeroso) coward
    2) ( mojigato) prude
    * * *
    = shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], timid, timorous.
    Ex. One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
    Ex. We will not accomplish that by being timid or by giving our profession a fresh coat of paint.
    Ex. Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) ( temeroso) spineless, gutless
    2) ( mojigato) prudish
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino
    1) ( temeroso) coward
    2) ( mojigato) prude
    * * *
    = shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], timid, timorous.

    Ex: One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.

    Ex: We will not accomplish that by being timid or by giving our profession a fresh coat of paint.
    Ex: Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.

    * * *
    timorato1 -ta
    A (temeroso) spineless, gutless
    B (mojigato) prudish
    timorato2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    A (temeroso) wimp ( colloq), coward
    es un timorato he's a wimp o a coward, he has no guts
    B (mojigato) prude
    * * *

    timorato,-a adjetivo
    1 God-fearing
    2 weak, feeble-spirited
    ' timorato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    timorata
    English:
    wet
    * * *
    timorato, -a adj
    1. [mojigato] prudish
    2. [tímido] fearful
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( mojigato) prudish
    2 ( tímido) gutless, spineless
    II m, timorata f
    1 ( mojigato) prude
    2 ( persona tímida) wimp fam, coward
    * * *
    timorato, -ta adj
    1) : timorous
    2) : sanctimonious

    Spanish-English dictionary > timorato

  • 2 asustadizo

    adj.
    easily frightened, fearful, jumpy, easily scared.
    * * *
    1 easily frightened, easily scared
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=que se asusta mucho) easily frightened; (=nervioso) nervy, jumpy
    2) [animal] shy, skittish
    * * *
    - za adjetivo < persona> nervous, jumpy; < animal> skittish, easily frightened
    * * *
    = gun-shy, jumpy [jumpier -comp., jumpiest -sup.], timorous.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Outsourced, downsized and gun-shy'.
    Ex. This film adaptation is scrappily made and jumpy, and there is nothing here that evokes either the joy of the moment or the death of the soul.
    Ex. Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.
    * * *
    - za adjetivo < persona> nervous, jumpy; < animal> skittish, easily frightened
    * * *
    = gun-shy, jumpy [jumpier -comp., jumpiest -sup.], timorous.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Outsourced, downsized and gun-shy'.

    Ex: This film adaptation is scrappily made and jumpy, and there is nothing here that evokes either the joy of the moment or the death of the soul.
    Ex: Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.

    * * *
    ‹persona› nervous, jumpy, easily frightened; ‹animal› skittish, easily frightened, nervous
    * * *
    asustadizo, -a adj
    easily frightened
    * * *
    adj easily frightened
    * * *
    asustadizo, -za adj
    : nervous, jumpy, skittish

    Spanish-English dictionary > asustadizo

  • 3 medroso

    adj.
    easily frightened, afraid, fearful, nervous.
    * * *
    1 fearful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fearful person
    * * *
    ADJ fearful, timid
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (liter) fearful, fainthearted (liter)
    * * *
    Ex. Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (liter) fearful, fainthearted (liter)
    * * *

    Ex: Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.

    * * *
    medroso -sa
    ( liter); fearful, fainthearted ( liter)
    * * *
    medroso, -a Literario
    ♦ adj
    [miedoso] fearful
    ♦ nm,f
    coward
    * * *
    adj fearful
    * * *
    medroso, -sa adj
    : fainthearted, fearful

    Spanish-English dictionary > medroso

  • 4 temeroso

    adj.
    1 fearful, full of care, afraid, faint-hearted.
    2 fearful, shy.
    * * *
    1 fearful, timid
    2 (medroso) frightful, fearsome
    \
    temeroso,-a de afraid of
    temeroso,-a de Dios God-fearing
    * * *
    (f. - temerosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=con temor) fearful, frightened
    2)

    temeroso de Dios — God-fearing, full of the fear of God

    3) (=espantoso) fearsome
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo frightened

    temeroso DE alguien/algo — fearful of somebody/something (liter), afraid of somebody/something

    * * *
    = fearful, afraid, timorous.
    Ex. From my observations, most employees are inherently fearful and immature.
    Ex. The mother, a little afraid and expecting the worst, was unsettled, despite all her efforts to be open-minded, by her preconceptions not only about the drug but about the rights and wrongs of the position she had put herself into.
    Ex. Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.
    ----
    * persona temerosa = risk taker.
    * temeroso de Dios = God-fearing.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo frightened

    temeroso DE alguien/algo — fearful of somebody/something (liter), afraid of somebody/something

    * * *
    = fearful, afraid, timorous.

    Ex: From my observations, most employees are inherently fearful and immature.

    Ex: The mother, a little afraid and expecting the worst, was unsettled, despite all her efforts to be open-minded, by her preconceptions not only about the drug but about the rights and wrongs of the position she had put herself into.
    Ex: Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.
    * persona temerosa = risk taker.
    * temeroso de Dios = God-fearing.

    * * *
    frightened
    huyeron temerosos they fled in fear ( liter)
    avanzaron temerosos hacia la puerta they approached the door fearfully
    temeroso DE algn/algo fearful OF sb/sth ( liter), afraid OF sb/sth, frightened OF sb/sth
    temeroso de Dios God-fearing
    * * *

    temeroso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que causa temor) frightful
    2 (que siente temor) fearful, timid: estaba temerosa de su reacción, she was fearful of his reaction
    ' temeroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    temerosa
    English:
    fearful
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    temeroso, -a adj
    [con temor] fearful;
    se escondían temerosos they hid in fear;
    estar temeroso de algo/alguien to fear sth/sb;
    temeroso de Dios God-fearing
    * * *
    adj fearful, frightened
    * * *
    temeroso, -sa adj
    miedoso: fearful, frightened

    Spanish-English dictionary > temeroso

  • 5 tímido

    adj.
    1 timid, shy, fearful, bashful.
    2 shy, bashful.
    * * *
    1 shy, timid
    2 figurado (intento etc) half-hearted
    * * *
    (f. - tímida)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ shy, timid
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( retraído) shy; (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
    * * *
    = timid, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], self-conscious, coy, tongue-tied, bashful, mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.], timorous.
    Ex. We will not accomplish that by being timid or by giving our profession a fresh coat of paint.
    Ex. One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
    Ex. The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
    Ex. Although it is coy about admitting the fact it is only mentioned twice in the whole of the thirty pages of publicity material it is in effect a generalized and modernized Thesaurofacet: a facetted classification with a thesaurus structure forming an integral part.
    Ex. The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
    Ex. The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    Ex. Sora fits the stereotypical description of a ' mousy girl' perfectly, from her appearance to her personality.
    Ex. Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( retraído) shy; (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
    * * *
    = timid, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], self-conscious, coy, tongue-tied, bashful, mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.], timorous.

    Ex: We will not accomplish that by being timid or by giving our profession a fresh coat of paint.

    Ex: One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
    Ex: The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
    Ex: Although it is coy about admitting the fact it is only mentioned twice in the whole of the thirty pages of publicity material it is in effect a generalized and modernized Thesaurofacet: a facetted classification with a thesaurus structure forming an integral part.
    Ex: The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
    Ex: The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    Ex: Sora fits the stereotypical description of a ' mousy girl' perfectly, from her appearance to her personality.
    Ex: Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.

    * * *
    tímido -da
    (retraído) shy; (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
    es muy tímido, no le gustan estas reuniones he's very shy, he doesn't like these meetings
    no seas tímido, pregúntale don't be shy o timid, ask her
    una sonrisa tímida a shy o timid smile
    * * *

     

    tímido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ( retraído) shy;


    (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
    tímido,-a
    I adj (vergonzoso) shy
    fig (reacción) una tímida acogida, a tepid o lukewarm welcome
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino shy person
    ' tímido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cerrada
    - cerrado
    - cortada
    - cortado
    - dejarse
    - fachada
    - ruborizarse
    - tímida
    - chupado
    - cohibido
    - esquivo
    - vergonzoso
    English:
    bashful
    - coy
    - diffident
    - mousy
    - naturally
    - self-conscious
    - shy
    - small
    - timid
    - wallflower
    - self
    - tongue
    * * *
    tímido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [vergonzoso] shy
    2. [vacilante] timid
    ♦ nm,f
    shy person;
    ser un tímido to be shy
    * * *
    adj shy, timid
    * * *
    tímido, -da adj
    : timid, shy
    ♦ tímidamente adv
    * * *
    tímido adj shy [comp. shier o shyer; superl. shiest o shyest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > tímido

  • 6 exégeta

    f. & m.
    exegete, interpreter.
    * * *
    1 exegete
    * * *
    Ex. Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.
    * * *

    Ex: Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.

    * * *
    exegeta, exégeta nmf
    1. [de la Biblia] exegete
    2. [de texto literario] explicator

    Spanish-English dictionary > exégeta

  • 7 materia favorita

    (n.) = pet subject
    Ex. Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.
    * * *

    Ex: Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.

    Spanish-English dictionary > materia favorita

  • 8 materia preferida

    (n.) = pet subject
    Ex. Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.
    * * *

    Ex: Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.

    Spanish-English dictionary > materia preferida

  • 9 pusilánime

    adj.
    pusillanimous, poor-spirited, faint-hearted, fainthearted.
    f. & m.
    pusillanimous person, fainthearted person.
    * * *
    1 faint-hearted, pusillanimous
    * * *
    ADJ fainthearted, pusillanimous
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo fainthearted, pusillanimous (frml)
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = prude, prudish, pushover, whiner, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, nesh.
    Ex. For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
    Ex. In his outward appearance Hitler showed himself as a prudish & ascetic person, overly concerned with personal cleanliness.
    Ex. The author explores the myths about female leaders; they are either too soft due to their predisposition as nurturers and thus are pushovers; or they are too assertive when they assume an alpha role in the organization.
    Ex. That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.
    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    ----
    * pusilánimes, los = faint-hearted, the.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo fainthearted, pusillanimous (frml)
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = prude, prudish, pushover, whiner, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, nesh.

    Ex: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.

    Ex: In his outward appearance Hitler showed himself as a prudish & ascetic person, overly concerned with personal cleanliness.
    Ex: The author explores the myths about female leaders; they are either too soft due to their predisposition as nurturers and thus are pushovers; or they are too assertive when they assume an alpha role in the organization.
    Ex: That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.
    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    * pusilánimes, los = faint-hearted, the.

    * * *
    pusillanimous ( frml), fainthearted
    inténtalo, no seas pusilánime try it, don't be such a coward ( colloq)
    para esta clase de negocios no se puede ser pusilánime this line of business is not for the fainthearted
    el mundo no es de los pusilánimes this world is no place for the fainthearted
    * * *

    pusilánime adjetivo
    fainthearted, pusillanimous (frml)
    pusilánime adjetivo fainthearted, timorous, weak
    ' pusilánime' also found in these entries:
    English:
    faint-hearted
    - pushover
    - weak-willed
    - pathetic
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    faint-hearted;
    tiene un carácter pusilánime he's a weak character
    ♦ nmf
    faint-hearted person;
    la carrera no fue para los pusilánimes the race was not for the faint-hearted
    * * *
    adj fainthearted
    * * *
    cobarde: pusillanimous, cowardly

    Spanish-English dictionary > pusilánime

  • 10 temerosa

    adj.&f.
    1 awe-inspiring; exciting fear or suspicion, dreadful (espantoso).
    2 timid, timorous; fearful (miedoso); cowardly.
    * * *
    f., (m. - temeroso)
    * * *

    temeroso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que causa temor) frightful
    2 (que siente temor) fearful, timid: estaba temerosa de su reacción, she was fearful of his reaction
    ' temerosa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    temeroso

    Spanish-English dictionary > temerosa

  • 11 asustadizo

    • easily frightened
    • easily scared
    • gun to death
    • gun-running
    • jumpy
    • timorous

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > asustadizo

  • 12 medroso

    • afraid
    • apprehensive
    • easily frightened
    • fainthearted
    • nerviness
    • nervous anxiety
    • timorous

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > medroso

  • 13 timorato

    • easily frightened
    • timorous

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > timorato

  • 14 formidoloso

    adj.
    1 timorous, timid, fearful.
    2 dreadful, frightful, horrible.

    Spanish-English dictionary > formidoloso

См. также в других словарях:

  • Timorous — Tim or*ous, a. [LL. timorosus, from L. timor fear; akin to timere to fear. See {Timid}.] 1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. The timorous apostasy of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • timorous — index diffident, recreant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • timorous — mid 15c., from O.Fr. temeros (14c.), from M.L. timorosus fearful, from L. timor fear, from timere to fear. Some early sense confused by mistaken identification with M.E. temerous rash (see TEMERITY (Cf. temerity)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • timorous — *timid Analogous words: *fearful, apprehensive, afraid: recoiling, shrinking, quailing, blenching (see RECOIL): trembling, quivering, shivering, shuddering (see SHAKE) Antonyms: assured …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • timorous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking in courage or confidence; nervous. DERIVATIVES timorously adverb timorousness noun. ORIGIN Latin timorosus, from timor fear …   English terms dictionary

  • timorous — [tim′ər es] adj. [ME tymerouse < MFr timoreus < ML timorosus < L timor, fear] 1. full of or subject to fear; timid 2. showing or caused by timidity SYN. AFRAID timorously adv. timorousness n …   English World dictionary

  • timorous — [[t]tɪ̱mərəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as timorous, you mean that they are frightened and nervous of other people and situations. [LITERARY] He is a reclusive, timorous creature. Syn: timid 2) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you… …   English dictionary

  • timorous — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin timorosus, from Latin timor fear, from timēre to fear Date: 15th century 1. of a timid disposition ; fearful < reproached myself with being so timorous and cautious Daniel Defoe > 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • timorous — timorously, adv. timorousness, n. /tim euhr euhs/, adj. 1. full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous. 2. subject to fear; timid. 3. characterized by or indicating fear: a timorous whisper. [1400 50; late ME < ML timorosus (L timor (s.… …   Universalium

  • timorous — tim|o|rous [ˈtımərəs] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: timoureux, from Medieval Latin timorosus, from Latin timor fear , from timere to be afraid ] lacking confidence and easily frightened = ↑fearful ▪ She was no helpless,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • timorous — adjective formal lacking confidence and easily frightened: She was no helpless, timorous female. timorously adverb timorousness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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