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timorous - Dictionary definition and meaning for word timorous

Definition
(adj) timid by nature or revealing timidity
Synonyms : fearful , trepid
Example Sentence
  • timorous little mouse
  • in a timorous tone
  • cast fearful glances at the large dog
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for timorous

sounds like TIME + OVER: imagine you are giving your GRE exam, and your time gets over, you will get frightened.. = fear = demonstrate fear. :)
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by keyurpatel87
timorous=timor+ous , think of timor ..we become fearful hearing the East timor+ USA war..
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by walid
timorous means showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence...TUMOURous...if you come to know that you have a tumour, you will be TIMOROUS....
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by nileshdive
timorous = timid
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by friendofafriend
Timorous and Nervous are rhyming words with the same meaning. They refer to someone who is faint-hearted or afraid.
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by pushpa_edit
Pronounced similar to Amorous; So Gunnu is fearful of amorous conquests
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by 0m3gA
ok little weak but concentrate to understand. Amorous is illicit love. Not pure love. And we don't fear the world in pure love. So we fear the world in timorous (a form of timid amorous)
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by friendofafriend
Timorous sounds like Timon.... try to relate it with Timon of cartoon Timon and Pumba where Timon was really COWARD
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by PRAHARSH22
remember from history the great mongol ruler Timur-lung... every king ws fearful of him
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by saif_mohmd
timid and morose
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by shalnew
tehi moros: when we saw a tiger in front of us then
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by pravesh

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