shy and nervous; not brave He stopped in the doorway, too timid to go in. They've been rather timid in the changes they've made (= they've been afraid to make any big changes). a timid voice Deer are naturally timid creatures.
NAmE//tɪˈmɪdət̮i//
noun [uncountable] NAmE//ˈtɪmədli//
adverbSee timid in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: timid