Clues for the word "TIMID"
We've had 92 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 326 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on February 02, 2026.
Definition of timid
- a. - Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.
Referring Clues
- Not bold
- Indecisive
- Not exactly outgoing
- Shrinking
- Pusillanimous
- Yellowish
- Chicken
- Not made of brass
- Easily alarmed
- Unassertive
- Like a wallflower
- Unlike the life of the party
- Lacking backbone
- Clark Kent-like
- Fainthearted
- Chicken-livered
- Not at all brave
- Hardly courageous
- Like a shrinking violet
- Retiring
- Like a deer
- Like wallflowers
- Shy
- Skittish
- Far from aggressive
- Easily scared
- Hardly outgoing
- Cautious and fearful
- Meek
- Easily frightened
- Like a mouse
- Bashsul
- Far from assertive
- Bashful
- Fearful
- Lacking in confidence
- Apprehensive
- Lack of confidence
- Like Clark Kent
- Faint of heart
- Gun-shy
- Mousy
- Clark Kentish
- Withdrawn
- Opposite of bold
- Like Clark Kent's demeanor
- Chickenhearted
- Faint-hearted
- Nervous
- Shy song by Angela Moyra?
- Like weak stage presence
- Lacking self-confidence
- It's wrong for '15 Across' to be shy
- 8's instincts are to be scared
- A name I had for the faint-hearted
- Afraid and stupid, it retreated
- Timorous
- A name I had for being shy
- Afraid and stupid, it came back
- Lily-livered
- Shrinking? Tense? I'm the same
- Like a milquetoast
- Fearful or unassertive
- Unconfident
- Shy boy's instincts
- Lacking courage in obscure Italian uprising
- Faint-hearted gloomy Italian turned up
- Nervous, and unclear with it, getting upset
- Like a little boy afraid to finish?
- Lacking in courage or confidence
- Lacking courage
- Faint-hearted chap marginally improved
- Adjective for a mouse
- Afraid
- Like Fear, in "Inside Out," aptly
- Lacking confidence
- Unlike many successful improv comedians
- Hardly bold
- Shrinking could make it dim
- Easily bullied
- Short on courage
- Like a child hiding behind a parent’s leg
- A name I had for being bashful
- Chap I had to make nervous
- Like Caspar Milquetoast
- Lacking temerity
- Unlikely to speak first, say
- Hesitant
- Unlikely to make the first move
- Like Piglet
- Mouselike
- Unlikely to break the ice
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - February 02, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 28, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 24, 2026
- Daily American - January 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 29, 2025
- LA Times - December 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 18, 2025
- LA Times - November 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 08, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 09, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 24, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 19, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 18, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 27, 2025
- Mirror Mini - July 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 16, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 07, 2025
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