Timorous vs Prudish - What's the difference?
timorous | prudish | Related terms |
fearful, afraid, timid
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of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters
Timorous is a related term of prudish.
As adjectives the difference between timorous and prudish
is that timorous is fearful, afraid, timid while prudish is of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.timorous
English
Alternative forms
* timourous (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Wee sleekit, cowrin', tim'rou s beastie,
- Oh, what a panic's in thy breastie!
- 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.