timorous

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

timorous
    adj 1: timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little
           mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at
           the large dog" [syn: {fearful}, {timorous}, {trepid}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 chuchmen." --Milman.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Tim"or*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {Tim"or*ous*ness}, n.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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