Anxious and Timorous

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Anxious adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.

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Timorous and anxious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Timorous" instead an adjective "Anxious".

Nearby Words: anxiety, anxiously

Timorous adjective - Easily frightened.

Usage example: sensational news stories that seem designed to needlessly alarm an already timorous public

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Anxious and timorous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anxious" instead an adjective "Timorous".

Nearby Words: timid, timidly, timorously

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