Reverse Dictionary: TIMID

ADJECTIVES
► ARFISH timid, fearful, apprehensive → 1788 Eng. dial.
► ARGH timorous, apprehensive, afraid → 1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ASHAMED bashful, timid, esp. of children → 1916 Amer. dial.
► BAUCH abashed, timid, sheepish → 1871 Sc.
► BITCH-ASS weak, timid, or cowardly → 2001 African-American sl.
► BLATE shy, sheepish, bashful, timid → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLEAT shy, timid → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BULL-SHY bashful, shy, timid → 1937 Amer. dial.
► CAFF-HEARTED faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAFFLING puny, weak, delicate; nervous, timid → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAFFY faint-hearted, timid, cowardly → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAFT faint-hearted, timid, cowardly; of a worthless, mean disposition → 1830 Eng. dial.
► CALF-HEARTED timid, cowardly → 1889 Eng. dial.
► CANDY-ASS timid, feeble, cowardly → 1950s US sl.
► CANDY-ASSED timid, feeble, cowardly → 1950s US sl.
► CHUMP-ASS weak, timid, or cowardly → 1993 African-American sl.
► COWARDOUS cowardly; timid; faint-hearted → 1480 obs.
► CRAINTIVE fearful, timorous, timid → 1490 obs.
► CREEP-MOUSE creeping like a mouse so as to escape notice; furtive, timid, shy → 1766
► CREMETOUS fearful, timid → .c1477 obs.
► CREMEUSE fearful, timid → 1477 obs.
► CRINGY servile; cringing; timid → 1880
► DAFT timid, daunted → c1000 Eng. dial.
► DAFTED timid, frightened → 1860 Eng. dial.
► DAFTISH sheepish, rather timid → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAINTED rendered cowardly or timid → c1500 obs.
► FAINT-HEART faint-hearted; timid; spiritless; cowardly → 1590
► FAINTLING faint-hearted, timid, cowardly, spiritless → 1712 obs.
► FEARED frightened, afraid; timid → a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FEATHER-LEGGED cowardly, timid; frightened → 1934 Amer. dial.
► FERDY fearful, timid, afraid, terrified → c1340 obs.
► FORMIDOLOUS feeling fear, timorous → 1773 obs.
► FUNKY afraid, fearful, timid, nervous, cowardly → 1835
► GLIFFY easily frightened; nervous in disposition; timorous → 19C  Eng. dial.
► HARE-HEARTED timorous; easily frightened → 1614
► HEN-HEARTED chicken-hearted, timid, cowardly → a1529
► JUBEROUS timid, timorous → 1871 Amer. dial.
► LIKE A CAT IN A STRANGE GARRET wary, timorous, not at ease → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MEACOCK effeminate, cowardly, timorous, spiritless → 1587 obs.
► MELCH-HEARTED gentle, diffident, timid, poor-spirited → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MILCH-HEARTED nervous, timid, mild, tender-hearted → 19C Eng. dial.
► MILK-FACED shy, timid → 1815
► MILK-LIVERED cowardly, timid, faint-hearted → 1605
► MILQUETOASTY meek, timid, cowardly → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MOKE-HEARTED timid, cowardly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOUSY timid and shy; quiet → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NESH timid; wanting in courage, cowardly; faint-hearted; poor-spirited → 1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► NESH-PHIZZED timid-faced; used of a man who will not fight for fear of bruises → 1841 Eng. dial.
► NICODEMICAL  timid → 1642 obs.
► PALE-HEARTED wanting in spirit or courage; cowardly, fearful, timid → 1605
► PANTYWAIST timid; weak; effeminate; sissified → 1930s sl.
► PAVID fearful, timid, shy, quaking → 1656
► PEERY shy, timid, suspicious → 1670 obs.
► PIPPIN-HEARTED cowardly, chicken-hearted, faint-hearted, timid → 1809
► POLTROONISH fearful, timid, cowardly → 1801
► POOR-SPIRITED timid, cowardly → 1611
► PUCKER-ASSED cowardly, timid, fearful → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNK-ASS weak, timid, or cowardly → 2002 African-American sl.
► RABBITY timid, cowering → 1937 Amer. dial.
► SCADDLE ► SKADDLE wild; timid; shy → 1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SCAGGLE timid → 1904 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► SCAR scared, timid, shy; wild; sour-looking → 1700 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCARE easily frightened, timid; wild; shy, affectedly modest → 1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCAREDY afraid, fearful, timid, cowardly → 1955 Amer. dial.
► SCARISH timid → 1884 Ireland
► SCARY easily frightened, fearful, afraid, timid, cowardly → 1800 Amer. dial.
► SCATTLE timid, easily frightened → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHEEPISH excessively meek or submissive, fearful or timorous; mean-spirited → 1518
► SKEERY timid, afraid, cautious → 1836 Amer.
► STARTFUL easily startled, nervous, timorous → 1790
► THARFISH of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling, backward, timorous, shy; forbidding → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIMBERSOME characterized by fear; timorous, timid → 1599-1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TIMIDOUS timid → 1663 obs.
► TIMORSOME characterized by fear; timorous, timid → 1599-1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TREMEBUND inclined to tremble, fearful, trembling much; timorous, timid → c1560 Sc. obs.
► UNBOLD lacking in boldness; timid, bashful; backward, slow → c897 obs.
► WHITE-HEARTED faint-hearted, timid, cowardly → 1598
► WUSSY cowardly, weak, effeminate, timid, passive → 1970s sl.
► YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious → 1828 Eng. dial.

ADVERBS
► BLEATLY timidly → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► EISLICHE fearfully; timidly → c1175 obs.
► FAINTLY in a spiritless manner, like a coward; timidly → 1297 obs.
► FEAREDLY fearfully, timidly → c1470 obs.
► FEARINGLY with fear, timidly → 1820

NOUNS
► AFRAIDNESS a being afraid; timidity, fear → 1669
► ARGHNESS timidity, superstitious fear → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BAUCHNESS backwardness or lowness arising from timidity → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► FAINTNESS dejection, timorousness; inertness, sluggishness → 1398 obs.
► FUNKINESS fear, nervousness, timidity → 1859
► INAUDACITY lack of boldness or resolution; timidity → 1594 obs.
► SHEEPISHNESS simplicity, stupidity; timorousness; excessive bashfulness or diffidence → 1574
► TIMERITY fear, timidness, timidity → 1582 obs.
► TIMIDNESS timidity → 1828-32
► TIMOROSITY timorousness, timidity → 1490 obs.
► YELLOW STREAK cowardice; excessive timidity → 1896 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BAG OF NERVES a person who is extremely timid, anxious, or tense → 2004 (Bk.)
► BIG GIRL’S BLOUSE a weak, cowardly, timid, or oversensitive man; an ineffectual person; an effeminate male → 1969 UK sl.
► BIRDMOUTH a shy, unassertive, timid person → 1997 Ulster sl.  (Bk.)
► BOOBY a timorous, foolish person → c1600 colloq.
► BOTTLER a person who loses his or her nerve; a person lacking courage or spirit; a cowardly or timid person → 1994 UK sl.
► CALF a timid or cowardly person → 1967 Amer. sl.
► CANDY ASS a timid person; a weakling → 1960s US sl.
► CASPAR MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person → 1947 Amer. dial.
► CAW-BABY an awkward, timid boy → 1790 Eng. dial.
► CHICKIE a timid creature, a coward → 17C sl.
► COISTRIL ► CUSTREL a worthless or contemptible person; a knave, a rogue; later, a cowardly or timorous person; a foolish or inexperienced youth → 1570 arch.
► COLD-FOOTER a timid or cowardly person → 1916 Aust. & Amer. dial.
► COW a timid, faint-hearted person; a coward → 1584 obs.
► COWARDY CALF a timid or easily frightened person → 1897 Amer. dial.
► COWARDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► COW-BABY a coward, a timorous person → 1594 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FAINTLING one who is faint-hearted, timid, spiritless, or cowardly → 1614 obs.
► FRAID-CAT a very timid or cowardly person →  c1910 sl.
► FRAIDYBUG a timid or cowardly person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► FRAIDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person →  c1910 sl.
► FRIGHTEN FRIDAY a timid person → 20C W. Indies sl.
► FUNK a cowardly, nervous, or timorous person → 1859 sl.
► FUNKSTICK one who is a coward, a weakling, or a shirker; a nervous or timid person → 1860 sl., orig. hunting usage 
► GETLING a timorous or cowardly person → 1887 Sc. obs.
► GO-EASY a very timid or cowardly person → 1970 Amer. dial.
► GRANDMA a weak, timid, or cowardly man → 1940 Amer. dial., derogatory
► GRANDMOTHER a weak, timid, or cowardly man → 1940 Amer. dial., derogatory
► HARE a person likened to a hare in some way, as in swiftness or timidity → ME
► JELLYFISH a person who lacks strength of character; someone with no fortitude; a timid person → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MARSHMALLOW a timid, fearful, ineffectual person → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MEACOCK a silly effeminate fellow; a spiritless or timorous fellow; a coward, a weakling; a henpecked husband → 1526 obs.
► MICKEY MOUSE a small, timid, inconsequential, or foolish person → 1941 
► MILIQUANT TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MILKTOAST a timid, ineffectual person →  1989 (Bk.)
► MILKY-TOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly, weak person → 1938 Amer. dial.
► MOUSE a timid, quiet, or retiring person; a timid or effeminate man → 1693 UK sl.
► MOUSEBURGER a young woman of unexceptional appearance and talents, regarded as timid, dowdy, or mousy; such a person who can nevertheless achieve professional and personal success through determination → 1970 chiefly US, humorous
► MR. MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly person → 1930s sl.
► NERVOUS NELLIE ► NERVOUS NELLY a fearful, foolish and timid person → 1925 US sl.
► NESCOCK a delicate, spiritless, or timid person → 1775 colloq.
► NESTCOCK an effeminate man who stays much at home; a man who has never travelled; a delicate, spiritless, or timid person → 1674 obs.
► NESTLE-COCK a delicate, spiritless, or timid person → 1662 colloq.
► PANTYWAIST a timid, weak, or effeminate boy or man; a sissy; a cowardly person → 1936 US sl.
► PERCY a man or boy characterized as being weak, timid, or unmanly; a conscientious objector → 1916 sl., derogatory
► POOSHIE ► PUSHIE one who takes offense easily; a timorous person → 1966 Ulster sl.
► PUSS a weak, harmless male; a timid person → sl.
► PUSSY a weak, harmless male; a timid person → sl.
► PUSSYCAT a weak, harmless male; a timid person → sl.
► QUILT a timid, effeminate man → 20C sl.
► RABBIT a timid or ineffectual person; a poor or novice player → a1616
► RABBIT FOOT a coward; a timid person → 1925 African-American sl.
► RALPH an effeminate, timid, or plain and undistinguished man → 1950s homosexual sl.
► RUBBER SOCK a timid person; a jerk → E20 US sl.
► SAFTIE a weak-minded, timid or effeminate person; a simpleton; a ‘softie’ → 1866 Sc.
► SAMPLE a timid man → 1995 W. Indies sl., derogatory
► SAWK a timid, nervous person → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SCAIRDY CAT one who’s afraid; a timorous person → 1980 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SCARE-CAT a very timid or cowardly person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SCARED-CAT a very timid or cowardly person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SCAREDY a timorous person → 1933
► SCAREDY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person → 1930 colloq.
► SCARY-CAT a very timid or cowardly person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SHEEP’S HEART a timid person → a1616
► WILLYART ► WILYART a timid, faint-hearted fellow → 1824 Sc. obs.
► WOOZ ► WUS an overly timid or ineffectual person; a wimp → Aust. sl.
► WOSSIE a weak, timid, passive person → 1982 US sl.
► WUSS a weak, timid person; an ineffectual person; a wimp; someone who cannot be depended on; an exceedingly pathetic, timid, or ineffectual person → 1960s US sl.
► WUSSIE ► WUSSY a weak, timid, passive person; someone who cannot be depended on  → 1960s US sl.

PHRASES
► CAN’T SAY BOO TO A GOOSE is very timid or shy
► WOULDN’T SAY BOO TO A TOMCAT to be inoffensive, timid, or quiet → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)

VERBS
► ARGH to be timid or fearful; to feel reluctant from timidity, to hesitate → 1725 Sc.
► CHICKEN OUT to lose one’s nerve, to become frightened or timid → 1999  (Bk.)
► FEEL MONSTROUS SKITTISH to be very timid → 1884 Amer. dial.
► FUNK ► FUNK IT to become frightened or timid; to lose courage; to lose one’s nerve → 1857 UK sl.
► HANG THE WING to hesitate, to show timidity → 1632 obs.
► HAVE A SHEEP’S EYE to be timorous → 1598 obs
► NESH IT to act timidly → 1888 Eng. dial.
► WARIFY to render wary or timorous → 1614 obs.
► WIMP OUT to give way to timidity or fear → 1981 US sl.