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"word": "timid as a mouse"
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"text": "When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.[…]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ndrojtur"
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"roman": "plah",
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"word": "плах"
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{
"code": "my",
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"roman": "hrak",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ရှက်"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "tímid"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "膽小"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "dǎnxiǎo",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "胆小"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"word": "膽怯"
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"roman": "dǎnqiè",
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"word": "胆怯"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "xiūqiè",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "羞怯"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "qiènuò",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "怯懦"
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"word": "schuchter"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "schroomvallig"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "tímido"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "zögerlich"
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"word": "zag"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "timide"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"word": "scheu"
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"roman": "athárreftos",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "αθάρρευτος"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "félénk"
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"word": "timida"
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{
"code": "izh",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "armolliin"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "faiteach"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
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{
"alt": "おくびょう",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "憶病"
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"code": "km",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ត្រុកៗ"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "ien",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "អៀន"
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{
"code": "km",
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"roman": "tuy muy",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ទុយមុយ"
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{
"code": "km",
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"roman": "pron-pron",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ប្រុនៗ"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "muy-muy",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "មុយៗ"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "sosimhada",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "소심(小心)하다"
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"code": "lad",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "arrezistado"
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{
"code": "lad",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timido"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "meticulosus"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timidus"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "bikls"
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{
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "kautrīgs"
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"code": "lou",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timid"
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"code": "mk",
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"word": "плашлив"
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"code": "gv",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "faitagh"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "tikumu"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "kōpī"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "kōpīpī"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "kōpipiri"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "whakakumu"
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timid"
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{
"code": "ota",
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"roman": "yüreksiz",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "یوركسز"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ترسو"
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "bleed (nds)"
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{
"code": "pdt",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "feij"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"word": "bojaźliwy"
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{
"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "nieśmiały"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "tímido"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "acanhado"
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{
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"code": "ru",
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"word": "ро́бкий"
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "боязли́вый"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "nesmélyj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "несме́лый"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "пугли́вый"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "diùid"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "gealtach"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "sgàthach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "snebivljiv"
},
{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "bojazlivý"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "nesmelý"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "tímido"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "blyg"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timid"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bojazkýj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "боязки́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nesmilývyj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "несміли́вий"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nesmílyvyj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "несмі́ливий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "poloxlývyj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "полохли́вий"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "rụt rè"
}
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}
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"text": "John's a very timid person. I'll doubt he'll be brave enough to face his brother.",
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"ref": "1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:",
"text": "When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.[…]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.",
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{
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{
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{
"word": "cautious"
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{
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ndrojtur"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jabān",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "جَبَان"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "lotsati"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bajázny",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "бая́зны"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bajazlívy",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "баязлі́вы"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "palaxlívy",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "палахлі́вы"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njasmjély",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "нясме́лы"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plah",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "плах"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bojazlív",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "боязли́в"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plašlív",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "плашли́в"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hrak",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ရှက်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "tímid"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "膽小"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎnxiǎo",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "胆小"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "膽怯"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎnqiè",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "胆怯"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiūqiè",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "羞怯"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiènuò",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "怯懦"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bojácný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nesmělý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "bázlivý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"english": "shy",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "plachý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "nesmělý"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "frygtsom"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "schuchter"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "bedeesd"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "schroomvallig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timide"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timema"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "pelglik"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "kartlik"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "arg"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "säikky"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "pelokas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ujo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "arka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timide"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "craintif"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "tímido"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "furchtsam"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "zaghaft"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "zögerlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "schüchtern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "befangen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ängstlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "kopfscheu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "kleinmütig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "verhuscht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "verzagt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "zag"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timide"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timid"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "scheu"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "athárreftos",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "αθάρρευτος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "félénk"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timida"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ujo"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "armolliin"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "faiteach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timido"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "pavido"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "impaurito"
},
{
"alt": "おくびょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "okubyō",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "憶病"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "trok-trok",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ត្រុកៗ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ien",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "អៀន"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tuy muy",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ទុយមុយ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "pron-pron",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ប្រុនៗ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "muy-muy",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "មុយៗ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sosimhada",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "소심(小心)하다"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "arrezistado"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timido"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "meticulosus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timidus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "pavidus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "bikls"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "kautrīgs"
},
{
"code": "lou",
"lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timid"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "plašliv",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "плашлив"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "faitagh"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "tikumu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "kōpī"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "kōpīpī"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "kōpipiri"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "whakakumu"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timid"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yüreksiz",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "یوركسز"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ترسو"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "bleed (nds)"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "feij"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "bojaźliwy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "płochliwy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "nieśmiały"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "tímido"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "acanhado"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "timid"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "róbkij",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ро́бкий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zasténčivyj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "засте́нчивый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bojazlívyj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "боязли́вый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nesmélyj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "несме́лый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "puglívyj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "пугли́вый"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "diùid"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "gealtach"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "sgàthach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "snebivljiv"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "bojazlivý"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "nesmelý"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "tímido"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "blyg"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "timid"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "försagd"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "ürkek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bojazkýj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "боязки́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nesmilývyj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "несміли́вий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nesmílyvyj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "несмі́ливий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nesmílyj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "несмі́лий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poloxlývyj",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "полохли́вий"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lacking in courage or confidence",
"word": "rụt rè"
}
],
"word": "timid"
}
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