Timid vs White-livered - What's the difference?
timid | white-livered | Related terms |
Lacking in courage or confidence.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19
Timid is a related term of white-livered.
As adjectives the difference between timid and white-livered
is that timid is timid; shy while white-livered is .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.}}