Timid vs Shrinking - 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
As an adjective timid
is lacking in courage or confidence.As a verb shrinking is
present participle of lang=en.As a noun shrinking is
the act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.timid
English
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.}}