different between timorous vs stupefied

English

Alternative forms

• timourous (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French temoros, from Medieval Latin timorosus, from Latin timor (“fear”), from time? (“I fear”). Doublet of timoroso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?m???s/

Adjective

timorous (comparative more timorous, superlative most timorous)

1. fearful; afraid; timid
   • 1785, Robert Burns, To a Mouse

     Wee sleekit, cowrin', tim'rous beastie,

     Oh, what a panic's in thy breastie!

Synonyms

• (fearful): fearful, shy, timid

Antonyms

• (fearful): daredevil, dauntless, reckless

Related terms

• timorsome

Translations

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Timorous”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 46, column 1.

Anagrams

• sumotori

English

Verb

stupefied

1. simple past tense and past participle of stupefy

Adjective

stupefied (comparative more stupefied, superlative most stupefied)

1. Experiencing stupefaction.
   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XIII:

     One stiff blind horse, his every bone a-stare, / Stood stupefied, however he came there: / Thrust out past service from the devil's stud!

2. Experiencing the influence of an ingested mind-altering substance.

Synonyms

• intoxicated

Related terms

• stupefiedness

Translations