timid

timide, craintif

Qui prend facilement peur ou manque de confiance pour parler ou agir librement.

En anglais simple : Easily frightened or too unsure of yourself to act or speak freely.

• The child was timid.
• She gave us a timid smile.
• I was too timid to speak at the meeting.

Comment l'utiliser : too timid to do something (He was too timid to ask a question.)

Synonymes : shy, fearful

Contraires : bold, confident

Expressions courantes : timid child, timid smile, too timid