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Timid

Postby Slava » Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:08 pm

Scared, spooked, nervous, etc.

Perhaps a good one for next year's Helloween season?
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Postby Stargzer » Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:10 pm

I think "timid" is too mild a word to share company with the likes of "spooked" or "scared," and "nervous" doesn't have quite the same conotation to me as "timid." "Shy" might be a better synonym.

Stargzer is neither shy nor timid about expressing his opinion in the Alpha Agora.
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Postby Perry » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:12 am

Timid: A non-boo-sayer, as in "wouldn't to say boo to a goose".
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
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Postby LukeJavan8 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:43 pm

There are geese, as big as swans, some, all over the
parks in our state's capital city. I would not say "boo"
to them either, for whatever reason they can be
spooked easily, and will attack. (as will a swan).
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