timorous in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for timorous in the English»French Dictionary

timorous [Brit ˈtɪm(ə)rəs, Am ˈtɪm(ə)rəs] ADJ

timorous

timoré

Translations for timorous in the French»English Dictionary

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craintif (craintive) personne, attitude, voix

timorous

timoré (timorée)

timorous

un être faible et timoré

a weak and timorous person

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English

She seemed tireless, was hardly ever timorous, and was quite unafraid to push the envelope.

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Have the timorous among you already stopped reading?

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This is because their ghoulish appearance conceals a basically timorous nature.

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The more timorous are afraid he might take them down with him.

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A society that makes offending others a criminal offence will not only be unfree, it will also be claustrophobic, timorous and stagnant.

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Her excuse for not voting was as lame as it was timorous.

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Not that you would know it, by the warnings dished out to timorous first timers like me.

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It's a confused mock-up of adulthood, a kind of timorous imitation of it.

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In spite of you and me, despite our quaking, timorous hearts, day dawns.

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The beef tendon is braised to timorous and beautifully flavoured.

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