as in timid
easily frightened
sensational news stories that seem designed to needlessly alarm an already timorous public
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Abetted by the timorous LeFou (a funny John Sygar), Gaston schemes to bend Belle to his will.
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Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2021
All artists, even those who appear to be timorous, quavering messes, have a core of steel.
—David Salle, The New York Review of Books, 17 Dec. 2020
Orange County’s chief health officer quit after receiving death threats and little backing from a timorous Board of Supervisors.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021
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Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2021
All artists, even those who appear to be timorous, quavering messes, have a core of steel.
—David Salle, The New York Review of Books, 17 Dec. 2020
Orange County’s chief health officer quit after receiving death threats and little backing from a timorous Board of Supervisors.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021
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“Timorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timorous. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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