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# timorous

adjective

«timorous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Timorous means fearful and easily frightened, shy and nervous. (old use, in fairy tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timorous/#m1)

### In the lessons

a traveller walks past a dangerous or spooky place with nervous steps

### Examples

- He crept on with timorous steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timorous/#x1)
- The timorous mouse hid under the leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timorous/#x2)
- Do not be so timorous; the dog is friendly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timorous/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «timorous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timorous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«timorous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/timorous.html) on Mova free.