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Scared vs Timorous - What's the difference?

scared | timorous |

As adjectives the difference between scared and timorous

is that scared is having fear; afraid, frightened while timorous is fearful, afraid, timid.

As a verb scared

is past tense of scare.

scared

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Having fear; afraid, frightened.

    • Synonyms

    * See

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scare)

    • Anagrams

    *

    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