timorousness

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• timorousness — index fear Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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

• Timorousness — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• timorousness — noun see timorous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• timorousness — See timorously. * * * …   Universalium

• timorousness — noun The property of being timorous …   Wiktionary

• timorousness — n. cowardliness, timidness …   English contemporary dictionary

• timorousness — n. See timidity …   New dictionary of synonyms

• timorousness — tim·o·rous·ness …   English syllables

• timorousness — noun 1. fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions • Syn: ↑timidity, ↑timidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑timid, ↑timid (for: ↑timidness), ↑timid …   Useful english dictionary

• timidity — noun 1. fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑timidness, ↑timorousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑timid (for: ↑timorousness), ↑timid …   Useful english dictionary