Timid vs Prudish - What's the difference?
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Lacking in courage or confidence.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters
Timid is a related term of prudish.
As adjectives the difference between timid and prudish
is that timid is timid; shy while prudish is of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.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.}}