Terrified vs Timid - What's the difference?
terrified | timid | Related terms |
Lacking in courage or confidence.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19
Terrified is a related term of timid.
As adjectives the difference between terrified and timid
is that terrified is extremely frightened while timid is timid; shy.As a verb terrified
is (terrify).timid
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Adjective
(er)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}