Translations for „timorous“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

timorous [ˈtɪmərəs, Am -ɚəs] ADJ form, liter

timorous

bojaźliwy

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English

I am the one who is timorous, wanting to understand without invading their privacy.

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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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The beef tendon is braised to timorous and beautifully flavoured.

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It signified yet another triumph for the besetting national vice -- of settling for a lazy, timorous consensus.

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In this way the name would be used as a nickname for a timorous, lecherous, or fat person - words that all describe this particular bird.

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Throughout, supporters delighted at what they considered a willingness to say what other more timorous and calculated politicians refused.

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Timorous prosecutors, judges or justices of the peace are unwilling to stick their necks out and recommend bail.

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

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Just as rabbits are considered timorous and harmless, elephants are supposed to have exhaustive memories and sloths are expected to be slow in the extreme.

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