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Horrified vs Timorous - What's the difference?

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Horrified is a related term of timorous.


As adjectives the difference between horrified and timorous

is that horrified is struck with horror while timorous is fearful, afraid, timid.

As a verb horrified

is (horrify).

horrified

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Struck with horror.
  • * 2003 , John E. Ferling, A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic , page 358
  • No one was more horrified than Chauncey Goodrich, scion of an old, elite family in Hartford

    Verb

    (head)
  • (horrify)
  • timorous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * timourous (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fearful, afraid, timid
  • * by
  • Wee sleekit, cowrin', tim'rou s beastie,
    Oh, what a panic's in thy breastie!
  • * , Episode 16
  • He turned a long you are wrong gaze on Stephen of timorous dark pride at the soft impeachment with a glance also of entreaty for he seemed to glean in a kind of a way that it wasn't all exactly.

    Synonyms

    * (fearful) fearful, shy, timid

    Antonyms

    * (fearful) daredevil, dauntless, reckless